Abe & Fido 5th Mass and children began fleeing their

and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy

and of his family

hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all

landmines transitioned from “tools of cowards” and “offenses against democracy and civilized warfare” to an accepted form of warfare

When the candle burned down to the rim of the candle holder

Abe & Fido 5th Mass and children began fleeing theirby Matthew Algeo In early 1861, as he prepared to leave his home in Springfield, Illinois, to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln faced many momentous tasks, but none he dreaded more than telling his two youngest sons, Willie and Tad, that the familys beloved pet dog, Fido, would not be accompanying them to Washington. Lincoln was afraid the skittish dog couldnt endure the long rail journey, so he decided to leave the mutt behind with friends