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A cultural gem Kenosha’s Civil War museum offers 360 degrees of history
By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
One of the cultural gems of the City of Kenosha is no doubt the Kenosha Civil War Museum. It’s a great place to bring the family for a day of fun and learning about this unique and divisive time in our American History. A nation divided In 1860, less than 100 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the United States of America was in turmoil. Slavery became a dividing issue between the southern states who depended on slave labor to run their elaborate tobacco plantations, and the northern states who were predominately against slavery. That same year, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, the first Republican to be so and is quoted as saying “Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free.” Prior to his being sworn in as president, South Carolina seceded from the Union. They were
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Civil War re-enactors demonstrate the firepower of the cannons that were used in the Civil War. The soldiers hold their ears to protect their hearing from the explosion.
quickly followed by the states of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. When Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th President in March 1861, The Confederate States of America had already been formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate as president. One month after Lincoln took office, Gen. Beauregard,
head of the confederate forces, fired 50 cannons on Fort Sumter. With 3,000 shells damaging the fort, the Confederate flag was flying within two days. Through numerous battles, the war continued as Lincoln called for more men, as many as 500,000, which was supported by Congress. Although slavery was an issue between
the north and south, the war itself was considered to be Lincoln’s attempt to preserve the nation. In reality, the issue of slavery did not become a major issue of the war until 1863. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in states that had seceded from the Union and encouraged the enlisting of black soldiers in
the Union Army. At this point the war to preserve the union became a struggle for the end of slavery, although Lincoln only proposed to end slavery in confederate territories. The war continued with many more battles, many of which were won by the Confederacy. General Ulysses S. Grant began his final assault on Robert E. Lee’s Army of
Northern Virginia. Grant’s forces overcame Lee at Petersburg and moved on to capture the Confederate capital, Richmond, to raise the American flag. Lincoln was sworn in for his second term and saw the end of the conflict, but unfortunately was assassinated
See MUSEUM, Page 7
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