RICHMOND, Va. -- Abraham Lincoln is returning to the capital of the Confederacy, much to the chagrin of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Five days before the Civil War ended in April 1865, the ...
v. 1. His path to the presidency. Lincoln's place in history -- The presidential office -- The education of a future president -- A frontier youth encounters slavery -- Lincoln's first taste of ...
Once, the scene hinged on reaction in the Congress to a newspaper headline heralding the capture of one of the last Confederate strongholds. Using a single camera on a 30-foot crane, Spielberg called ...