June 2017 – Last Best Hope of Earth

Posted on June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 by Last Best Hope of Earth

The Awakened Giant

union-square-new-york — A Crowd Gathering in New York City’s Union Square in 1861. Harper’s Weekly (May 4, 1861), at 277.

The news from Fort Sumter spread throughout the country, and its coming awakened a restless energy in the North. That energy ignited patriotism and a new sense of collectivism throughout northern cities and states that would lead to a then-unparalleled war effort directed against the Confederacy. Read more

Posted on June 11, 2017April 13, 2018 by Last Best Hope of Earth · 5 Comments

The Outbreak of the Civil War

fort-sumter-under-attack-2 — Depiction of the Bombardment of Fort Sumter. Courtesy: Museum of the City of New York.

Within a matter of weeks of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency beginning, the gravest crisis of perhaps any president confronted him and the nation: civil war. Read more

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