The Diverging Nations

If there is a point underlying the narrative of Chapter 6 in Nelson & Sheriff, it is the fact that the Northern government used the war as an opportunity to plunge the nation headlong into modernity. Indeed, the financial and practical considerations of waging a war, combined with a sort of political unity centered on the Republican Party, enabled the North to recast the relationship between the states and the national government.

Battles: We are going to TRY to get through 1862 today. With luck.... with luck.

Here is an excellent animation of the Battle of Fredericksburg (December, 1862)