Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lincoln- Douglas Debate Museum (6th Debate)
Site of the sixth Lincoln-Douglass senatorial debate on October 13, 1858.
Lincoln-Douglas Square (7th Debate)
Site of the seventh Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debate on October 15, 1858.
Lincoln Depot
Formerly known as the Great Western Depot, President-elect Abraham Lincoln left from this station on February 11, 1863, to be inaugurated. He gave an...
Frederick, Maryland, in the Civil War
Frederick, a crossroads of the Civil War, surrounded by battlefields and historic sites, remains one of the best places to explore America’s wartime...
John Newton
“One of the most widely known engineers of the country” according to The Independent. John Newton is usually remembered for two particular events in...
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