Collection of 5 Different Civil War Related Items - 1861-65 dated Stock, Confederate Coupon & 3 Prints

This collection representative of the Civil War includes a 10" x 13" quality reprint portrait of Abraham Lincoln, an original Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Co. Stock dated during the Civil War, a modern copy 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" portrait of Stonewall Jackson, an original 3" x 1 1/2" Confederate Bond Coupon, and a modern 6 1/2" x 13 1/2" print of the Gettysburg Address.

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also referred to by various other names) was a civil conflict in the United States. It was fought between the Union, known as "the North," and the Confederacy, referred to as "the South," which was established by states that had seceded. The primary cause of the war revolved around the contention regarding the expansion of slavery into the western territories, which would lead to the creation of additional slave states, or the prevention of such expansion, which many believed would ultimately lead to the extinction of slavery.

Decades of political strife concerning slavery culminated in the 1860 U.S. presidential election, where Abraham Lincoln, who was against the expansion of slavery into western territories, emerged victorious. In response to Lincoln's election, an initial seven southern slave states chose to secede from the United States and, in February 1861, established the Confederacy. The Confederacy took control of U.S. forts and other federal properties located within their territories. Under the leadership of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy claimed authority over approximately one-third of the U.S. population across eleven of the 34 states that existed at that time. This led to four years of fierce fighting, primarily in the South.

The Junction Railroad was chartered on March 2, 1846, with the goal of connecting Cleveland to Toledo. On March 7, 1850, the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad was chartered to extend from Toledo to Grafton, where it would connect with the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. This completed a continuous rail link between Buffalo and Chicago when it opened on January 24, 1853. On September 1, the Junction Railroad and the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad merged to form the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad. The Junction Railroad became the Northern Division, while the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad became the Southern Division. The Northern Division initially opened from Cleveland to Sandusky on October 24, 1853, and extended to Toledo by April 24, 1855. Although the Northern Division's line west of Sandusky was abandoned due to low traffic, it was relaid in 1872 and connected with the Southern Division at Millbury, east of Toledo. In 1866, the Southern Division's line east of Oberlin was abandoned, and a new route was constructed to Elyria on the Northern Division, replacing the previous connection to the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad.

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