----- This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, Jan. 29, 1862: Lincoln's Special War Order No. 1. On Jan. 30, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues Special War Order No. 1 seeking to prod federal forces into waging all-out war against secession-minded states.

Impatient for an all-out offensive, Lincoln's order is essentially direct... ...

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