As key battles continue in Virginia and Georgia, the news this day emanates from the United States capital of Washington, D.C. Yesterday Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase submitted his resignation … for perhaps the dozenth time. But whereas President Abraham Lincoln had in previous instances rejected Chase’ resignation, yesterday the president, to the surprise…
The impact of the Civil War extends far beyond the battlefields to the distant reaches of the Pacific Coast, growing in scope as the war progresses. Western towns by the hundreds have been settled since 1860. Enormous wealth in gold and silver has been mined from western lands since the war begin. And natural wonders…
The Battle of Cold Harbor is over, a battle in which Confederate General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia soundly defeats Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s the Army of the Potomac. Union casualties and losses total nearly 13,000, to the Confederates 5,300. Yet Grant, backed by a steady stream of new recruits entering Union…