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Category Archives: Politics
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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“Shooting The Christmas Turkey”: Another Look at Slavery, Expansion, & The 1848 Election
There’s nothing quite like a 19th Century political cartoon. I stumbled across this one a week or two ago on the Library of Congress website and it was an interest reminder of 1840’s political events leading to the Civil War. … Continue reading
Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The Political Violence of 1868
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Over the last month I have been researching political violence during the lead-up to the Election of 1868. This is remembered today as the year that Ulysses S. Grant … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, freedmen's bureau, Horatio Seymour, KKK, Knights of the White Camellia, Ku Klux Klan, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Blog, Ulysses S. Grant, Valvey Veillon, voter suppression
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Thank You for Your Role in “The Great Task”
If you voted in this year’s election, I’d like to say “Thank you.” It doesn’t matter who you voted for—what matters is that you voted. It looks like participation is going to end up north of 65%, a modern record … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Ties to the War
Tagged Elections, Gettysburg Address, Pamplin Park, Petersburg Civil War Roundtable, politics
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Hancock’s Response To The 1880 Election Results
As I’m writing this on the evening to November 4 to be published in the morning of the 5th, the modern presidential election remains undecided. I’ve spent the day keeping an eye on projections and results until my head was … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Politics
Tagged Almira Russell Hancock, election, Election of 1880, politics, primary source, Winfield S. Hancock
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“This Momentous Day”: Presidential Elections & Process in 19th Century New York City
These last few weeks I’ve been reading George Templeton Strong’s diaries. The New York lawyer recorded a variety of topics in his extensive volumes; election days and politics often made the pages. Instead of getting into the details of each … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged 1860 Election, 1864 Election, antebellum politics, George Templeton Strong, New York City, politics
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The 1858 New Orleans Mayoral Election
This article was co-written with Michael Kraemer, a PhD student at The Ohio State University In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoléon Bonaparte. It contained many independent Native American nations, as well as New Orleans, which … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Politics
Tagged "Know Nothing", election, New Orleans, P.G.T. Beauregard, vigilance committee
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Question of the Week: 11/2-11/8/20
Who’s your favorite U.S. senator from the era of 1850-1865? Why?
Posted in Politics, Question of the Week
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BookChat with Sam Hood, author of Patriots Twice
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by Stephen “Sam” Hood, Patriots Twice: Former Confederates and the Building of America after the Civil War, a new release from Savas Beatie (click here for details). CM: … Continue reading
Perceptions of Emancipation in Gettysburg, Part Three
ECW welcomes back guest author Jon Tracey The conclusion of a series (Part One, Part Two) As seen in Part One and Part Two, Gettysburg was a border town caught directly in the midst of national debates on emancipation during … Continue reading
