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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Book Review: Lincoln and Native Americans
Of all aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, one of the least considered is his policy toward Native Americans. His tenure, was, of course, dominated by the Civil War – and yet an examination of the rail-splitter’s attitudes towards Indigenous Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Book Review, Indian Territory, native americans
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Amiel Whipple’s Armor of Dirt
We have written about the death of Brig. Gen. Amiel Whipple exactly once on this blog in ten and a half years, and that wasn’t until August of 2021 in a guest post by T. J. Bradley, writing about sharpshooters. … Continue reading
Book Review: A House Built by Slaves
A House Built by Slaves offers a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, as seen through the eyes – the usually-but-not-uniformly-sympathetic eyes – of black visitors to the White House. The narrative also combines accounts of these visits with accounts of the … Continue reading
Southerners Have Fun with McClellan’s “Change of Base”
At the end of the day, June 27, 1862, George McClellan knew he had been whipped. Fitz John Porter’s V Corps had been fiercely attacked. Its center had broken and Porter’s troops retreated, leaving behind twenty-two guns.1 Porter was north … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Allan Nevins, Brian Burton, change of base, Chickahominy, Edmund Ruffin, Edward Pollard, Ethan Rafuse, Fitz John Porter, Gaines Mill, George B. McClellan, Harrison's Landing, James River, Little Mac, Louis Goldsborough, Seven Days Battles, V Corps, White House Landing, Young Napoleon
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“I Cannot Fare Equally with Other Soldiers”: A Vegetarian Union Soldier
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Nathan Marzoli It is no secret that Civil War soldiers consumed a lot of meat. For the majority of the war, the standard daily allowance for a soldier in the U.S. Army, for example, consisted … Continue reading
May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. May 4, 2022: Gettysburg beavers create a new pond Industrious beavers … Continue reading
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Battle Born: Nevada’s Rapid Rise to Statehood
ECW welcomes back guest author Katy Berman In mid-October, 1864, a telegram containing 16,543 words arrived at the War Department in Washington D.C.[1] It was Nevada’s new state constitution, and President Abraham Lincoln was glad to have it. With it, … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Politics
Tagged 1864 Election, Abraham Lincoln, James Nye, Katy Berman, Nevada, Nevada constitution, Nevada statehood, Nevada territory, telegram
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Continue: The Supreme Court and Choice
The following is revised from an article first posted here on November 3, 2016. Politics and the Supreme Court are much in the news today, as they were in 1858 when Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas for the U.S. Senate … Continue reading
America’s First Air Force: Union Aeronauts and McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, Part Three – Gaines’ Farm Station
ECW welcomes back guest author Jeff Ballard Read Part One and Part Two. The final week of May 1862 denoted the high-water mark of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign as five corps of the Army of the Potomac partially encircled Richmond. By … Continue reading
Blockade, Privateering, and the 1856 Declaration of Paris
In April 1861, the commanders in chief of both the United States and Confederacy issued far ranging proclamations. Abraham Lincoln declared a blockade of Confederate ports while Jefferson Davis issued a call for privateers to make war on US seaborne … Continue reading
