165 years ago this week: Update on Daniel Sickles murdering Philip Barton Key; Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Chicago; John Brown gets the freedom seekers to Canada after 82 days, then meets with Allan Pinkerton and Frederick Douglass; Ulysses S. Grant moves his family into a rental home in St. Louis, Missouri.
Join me each week as I spotlight people & events that eventually lead us into the four-year battle. If you'd like to start at the beginning, there is a playlist of all recap videos to-date, starting with January 1, 1859.
Have a thought, question, or something to add? Join the discussion below.
© 2011–2026 The Civil War Project. All Rights Reserved. Content may not be reproduced or scraped without permission.
Disclosures