McClellan's Yorktown reports

New Orleans 2 Butler arrives

New Orleans surrenders and a new governor arrived. Benjamin Franklin Butler arrives and problems with the citizens become apparent.

New Orleans 1

This week, I look at the first stages of the battle of New Orleans

Abolition in DC

Lincoln sings into law the abolition of slavery in DC. And the Anaconda Plan continues to strangle the South.

Lincoln's Gradual Compensated Emancipation

This week, I look at the proposed plan for gradual compensated emancipation Lincoln proposed in March of 1862, and went before Congress after the battle of Shiloh.

The Battle of Shiloh

This week, I cover Shiloh but not like you're familiar with. I reached into the primary sources and let the generals speak for themselves.