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Category Archives: Politics
Joshua Chamberlain stares down the 1880 Maine rebellion (part one of two)
Emerging Civil War is pleased to feature the work of our friend, Maine at War author Brian Swartz. Part one of two. When a political crisis roiled Maine in early 1880, Joshua L. Chamberlain answered the call to duty and … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Politics
Tagged Alonzo Garcelon, Bangor Commercial, Bion Bradbury, Charles A. Nash, Daily Whig and Courier, Daniel F. Davis, Fanny Chamberlain, Fusionists, Governor Chamberlain, insurrection, James G. Blaine, Joseph L. Smith, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Maine, Maine at War, Maine-Insurrection
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“Reflections” on Lincoln by Alexander Stephens
It is well known that President Abraham Lincoln and Alexander H. Stephens, who served as Vice President of the Confederacy during the Civil War, were friends despite being on opposite sides of the war. Becoming acquainted during their service in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Stephens, Hellmira
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The William Belknap Impeachment – Some Historical Background
When American author Mark Twain referred to the postbellum United States as living through a ‘Gilded Age’ he almost certainly had in mind the excesses exhibited by men like William Belknap, whose term as Secretary of War in the cabinet … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Politics
Tagged Credit Mobilier, Grant's presidency, impeachment, John Rawlins, Ulysses S. Grant, Whiskey Ring, William Belknap
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment (Now Available As A Free Podcast Episode)
We’re revisiting the historic topic of impeachment in U.S. History and making this podcast free for the first time! In November 2019, historian Emma Murphy from the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site discussed the first presidential impeachment trial with Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Politics
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Emerging Civil War Podcast, Emma Murphy, impeachment, Podcast
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Presidential Inaugurations: From the ECW Archives
On this historic day, we’ve rounded up some posts from the archives about Lincoln’s inaugurations and addresses:
Digital History Spotlight: Civil War Governors of Kentucky Interview
The Kentucky Historical Society’s Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition may not have a name that rolls off the tongue easily, but what it does have is an excellently executed digital source repository and interpretation for some of … Continue reading
The Secession of Mississippi
January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and the Pearl River. Jackson himself had come through … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Antebellum South, Economics, Politics, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged 160th Anniversary, Andrew Jackson, cotton, Declaration of Immediate Causes, Jackson Mississippi, John C. Calhoun, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Mississippi secession, Nullification, Ordinance of Secession, secession, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson
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The Kraken: U.S. Grant’s Grand Strategy, 1864-1865
During the Civil War era, grand strategy consisted of a strategy and a military plan.[1] Strategy in broad terms is a comprehensive idea or set of ideas that seeks to establish a lasting solution to large-scale crises. Now, strategy, in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Politics
Tagged Grand Strategy, military plan, strategy, U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the 1864 Election
Among the many rich rhetorical legacies US presidents have left to future generations, the Gettysburg Address dwarfs them all. Lincoln took scarcely more than two minutes to deliver a worthy tribute to fallen Federal soldiers and paint an inspirational vision … Continue reading
Posted in Lincoln, Politics
Tagged 1864 Election, Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, politics
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