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This will be the final epidode in our Tribute to the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
Lincoln Assassination Witness appears on "I've Got a Secret". The panelists on this show were, left to right (in order of appearance): Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, and Lucille Ball. The host was Garry Moore. You can read a 1954 newspaper interview with Mr. Seymour.
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 we launched our tribute to the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
Mathew B. Brady (1822 - 1896) was a photographer, and became famous when he became the first American to shoot and document a war.
Brady’s 3,500 photographs taken during the Civil War provided the very first such record of any American war.
Brady’s pictures brought the real meaning of the fighting to the families at home. He took pictures of battles, of the wounded and the dying, of victories and defeats.
Prior to the Civil War Brady was best known for his portraits of presidents, celebrities, historic figures. History would remember him best for his photos of the American Civil War.
To heck with the spotted Owl.What about our nation’s historical sights?We have what we believe is a great gift idea for the history buff on your Christmas list, especially it they are Civil War history buff.According to The Civil War Trust, nearly 20 percent of America's Civil War battlefields have already been destroyed.Help save our history with a donation to Civil War Preservation Trust.
There are over 70 parks in the National Park System which have resources that are related to the history of the Civil War and provide opportunities to tour the real places where this struggle occurred nearly 150 years ago.
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
But at the time, most Americans were confident that the forces of cohesion in the young republic would continue to triumph over the forces of division.
General Ulysses S. Grant came to the attention of President Lincoln and the nation when in February 1862 Grant captured two Confederate garrisons on the Tennessee River, Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. "U. S." Grant got the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant after he demanded unconditional surrender from the Confederate commander of Fort Donelson. When his superior in the West, General Henry W. Halleck, was transferred to Washington that summer, Grant took over command of the Union Army along the Mississippi River and began his career trajectory to command of the entire Union army in 1864.
Considered among the greatest of military memoirs, these two volumes were an immediate bestseller. With the help of his publisher, Mark Twain, Grant wrote to the last month of his life to leave a legacy for his family after being defrauded a year earlier of his estate.
Grant wrote his memoir out of financial necessity as a dying man; he completed the manuscript within days of his death.
Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 8:20 AM 
