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3:09
1938 was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

5:50
Lincoln spoke only 269 words during his address and gave history a speech for the ages.

3:25
A week before the battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou wrote a letter to his wife.

10:51
In late 1864, Sherman decides to march his army from Atlanta to Savannah.

5:09
The Union Army won the war yet the wounds of the Nation are still healing.

4:37
At Cold Harbor, Virginia, 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes.

13:01
Accounts from Grant, Lee, Sherman, and others are presented.

4:46
Long after Lincoln was nominated, politicians in his own party still hoped to reconvene.

3:24
The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery.