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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Weekly Whitman: Jottings on an Execution
Walt Whitman was able, by his very presence in Union hospitals and army camps, to write about parts of the war that were little reported. Below is a description of a young Union soldier who deserted, and whom Lincoln failed … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War executions, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Antietam: A Tactical Union Victory
The Battle of Antietam was a key turning point in the American Civil War and American history. In short, it turned back Robert E. Lee’s first campaign north of the Potomac River and led to the issuance of the Preliminary—and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, antietam creek, Battle of Antietam, Battle of North Anna, Burnside Bridge, Dunker Church Plateau, Emancipation Proclamation, George B. McClellan, James Longstreet, Joseph Hooker, Middle Bridge, Pry's Ford, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days Battles, Snavely's Ford, Stephen D. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Upper Bridge
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A Chronology of the Confederacy’s 1862 Counterstrokes
Several months ago, I crossed an item off my Civil War bucket list: visiting the Perryville battlefield. While at the visitor center, I watched a video which put the Confederate invasion of Kentucky into the larger context of the war. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Baton Rouge, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Charleston, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Munfordville, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Prairie Grove, Battle of Richmond, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Braxton Bragg, Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Edmund Kirby Smith, foreign intervention, France, Francis Herron, George B. McClellan, Great Britain, Great Britain and the Civil War, Henry Halleck, James Blunt, Jefferson Davis, John Breckinridge, John Pope, Kanawha Valley Campaign, Kentucky, Lord Palmerston, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Robert E. Lee, Russia, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Hindman, William Loring, William S. Rosecrans, Winchester
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US Government Financing of the Civil War
ECW welcomes guest author Dr. Lloyd W. Klein Faced with the problem of financing a major war, President Abraham Lincoln and his Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase, found innovative solutions that remain foundational of the contemporary US economy. Some of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, greenback, income tax, Lloyd W. Klein, Salmon P. Chase, war bonds
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Weekly Whitman: “When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom’d”
Emerging Civil War has featured “When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d” many times over our ten-year history. It is a favorite of many of our writers and has been printed several times already. It can be found here, as … Continue reading
Posted in Lincoln, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, assassination of Lincoln, Civil War poetry, Lilacs, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: “O Captain! My Captain”
Once one of the most popular poems in America, schoolchildren were required to memorize “O Captain! My Captain” at least into the 1950s. When Walt Whitman wrote this poem, it was received quite well and is one of the few … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Lincoln
Tagged "O Captain! My Captain, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Assassination, Memory, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Recruiting The Regiment: The 14th Brooklyn
In 1861 several states had militia systems in various states of development. State militia structures gave the opportunity to expand on an existing structure and training system, rather than create units out of whole cloth. Famous units like the 1st … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Regiments
Tagged 14th Brooklyn, 1st Wisconsin, 2nd Virginia, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Wood, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Edward Fowler, Edwin Morgan, Fort Greene, Militia units, New York State, New York State Militia, Recruiting-160, Recruiting-The-Regiment, state militias, Washington Artillery
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Book Review –Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President
Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President By Edward Steers University Press of Kentucky, 2021, $27.95 hardcover Reviewed by Richard G. Frederick Lincoln historiography has been awash with controversy for the last 150 years. Disagreements over his … Continue reading
Marching Societies Transform 1860 Election
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Leon Reed…. The 1860 presidential election aroused more passion than any presidential election before or since. Four regional candidates: former congressman Abraham Lincoln, US senator Stephen Douglas, vice president John Breckinridge, and recently … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “Walt Whitman on the Death of President Lincoln”
Walt Whitman wrote a great deal of prose as well as poetry. He went back to Lincoln’s assassination many times in both genres. This comes from Specimen Days, published later in Whitman’s life.
Posted in Books & Authors, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, death of Lincoln, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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