Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me July 1863 was a momentous

July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War

the 147th New York went into battle to the north of the Railroad Cut

the Stone Wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg loomed large over the Army of the Potomac

The devasting loss of life among the general officers contributed to the outcome of the battle

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me July 1863 was a momentousFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide