1815-1861

Besides talking about the speech and the dedication of the national cemetary, the video also covers the life of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, including the battle of Gettysburg, and events leading up to the war.

An award-winning historian tells the story of the coming of the American Civil War through the voices of 13 principal players of the drama.

Presents a record of the nine-year contest waged in the United States House of Representatives, beginning in 1835, over the question of slavery, a battle spearheaded by former president John Quincy Adams and witnessed by young congressman Abraham Lincoln.

Tells the story of the approach of the Civil War from the viewpoints of thirteen historical figures, drawing from the letters, speeches, interviews, and memoirs of each featured speaker to form the dramatic monologues as they might have been delivered by Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Nat Turner, Mary Chesnut, and others.

Suggestions and activities for teaching History of US in the classroom.

Tells the story of the movement that led to Confederate independence from the perspectives of five Southern men who came to their own individual decisions to abandon the Union.

Presents a record of the nine-year contest waged in the United States House of Representatives, beginning in 1835, over the question of slavery, a battle spearheaded by former president John Quincy Adams and witnessed by young congressman Abraham Lincoln.