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Echoes of Reconstruction: Reconstructing American Womanhood During the Civil War and Reconstruction
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog We sometimes mistakenly associate the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras with the “Ideals of Victorian Womanhood,” as though all women sought to nestle inside of a purely domestic sphere of middle class docility. The Victorian Ideal never enjoyed unalloyed acceptance among white native-born women, and Black […]
Read more...“Echoes Through Time”: New York State’s Only Civil War Museum
by ECW Correspondent Amelia Kibbe Longtime friends Thomas Place and Steve Teeft sat talking one day about the number of Civil War relics they had each collected over the years. “We both have great collections, but absolutely nobody sees them but me and you,” Teeft said. Although not right away, that observation grew into something larger, […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: A Young Charleston Lady Reflects on the End of the Confederacy
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. Emma Holmes was a twenty-two year old woman when the Civil War began. The scion of a well-connected Charleston family, she had rejoiced when the Confederates had attacked Fort Sumter. She kept a diary from the weeks leading up to […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Sons of Confederate Veterans Tribute to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. The 1909 Convention of the United Confederate Veterans was held in Memphis, Tenn. between June 8 and June 10. The annual conventions of the premier Confederate veterans organization brought together men from around the country who had fought on behalf […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Opposing the South Carolina Black Codes in 1865
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog After the surrender of the Confederate armies between April and June 1865, President Andrew Johnson remarkably left state and local governments in the hands of many of the same white men who had led the South into rebellion against the United States. These men excluded Blacks, […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Un-cancelling Longstreet
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. Elizabeth Varon’s new book Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South came out last month and it has already caused quite a stir. The New York Times, Slate, and the Wall Street Journal have all published very positive reviews and […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: New Sources for Examining Reconstruction and the War on Democracy
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. As I have in past years, this month I wanted to let you know about new sources to learn about Reconstruction. Two new books have arrived this year to tell the story of the war against Reconstruction, I Saw Death Coming: […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Veto of Civil Rights Act 1866
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. On March 13, 1866 the House of Representatives passed the First Civil Rights bill. It had been passed by the Senate in February. Imagine that. The first civil rights legislation passed by Congress dealing with discrimination based on race was passed […]
Read more...Echoes of the Reconstruction: Weekly Caucasian Opposing Grant
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. The Weekly Caucasian newspaper from Lexington, Missouri was a staunchly Democratic newspaper. Supporting the virtues of the Confederacy, applying the lessons of “The Lost Cause” to Missouri, and aggressively advocating the program of the Democratic Party made it into one of the most-read […]
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