Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850 (Reg Ankrom - WH) Section - Field Hospitals Unlike Lee’s army

Unlike Lee’s army

In addition to discussions on the dominant role of horses in the war

The Death of General Lewis Armistead - Jay Kling

It also addresses the little-known but critical cavalry battle at Simaria (St

Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850 (Reg Ankrom - WH) Section - Field Hospitals Unlike Lee’s armyStephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844 1850 by Reg Ankrom It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U. S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first