‘Unvexed to the Waters’: How a July Fourth Victory Turned the Tide at the Nation’s Darkest Hour
“Four score and seven years” after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the survival of the American experiment was very much in doubt. In 1863, President Abraham…
Written byMatt HadroSource: The Daily Signal
“Four score and seven years” after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the survival of the American experiment was very much in doubt. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln oversaw a divided country mired in a civil war with no end in sight. Without decisive Union victories, a protracted conflict could only further dampen Northern...