To get a true picture of a community, many people look at the major employersâmanufacturers, businesses and organizations that bring people to town for jobs and contribute to the quality of life enjoyed by residents.
Stephen A. Douglas in Causes of the Civil War. Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was an Illinois politician who dominated the U.S. Senate throughout the 1850s. He is perhaps best remembered for engaging in a series of fiery debates with Republican Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial race.
The Peninsula (or Peninsular) Campaign was a major Union offensive against the Confederate capital of Richmond led by Major General George B. McClellan in the spring and summer of 1862, during the American Civil War. year after the failure of the Peninsula Campaign, George McClellan led the Union to the brink of victory at Antietam, but his failure to pursue Robert E. Lee's defeated army there led Lincoln to relieve him of command. In 1864, antiwar Democrats backed McClellan in a failed run for president.