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Tag Archives: Andrew Johnson
BookChat with Richard Miller, author of John P. Slough
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new biography by Richard Miller, John P. Slough: The Forgotten Civil War General, published by the University of New Mexico Press (find out more about it here). Miller is the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Personalities, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged 1st Colorado Infantry, Andrew Johnson, BookChat, Death Comes for the Chief Justice, Dick Miller, Glorieta Pass, John Milton Chivington, John P. Slough, New Mexico, Pottawatomie Creek, Richard Miller, Salmon P. Chase, westward expansion
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Echoes of Reconstruction: When Frederick Douglas Stood Up to Anti-Asian Violence and Exclusion
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Americans’ fear of non-white, non-Christian immigrants began in 1848 with the arrival of the first ship full of Chinese in San Francisco Bay. The Chinese came to wash the clothes … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Reconstruction
Tagged 14th Amendment, Andrew Johnson, Burlingame Treaty, California, Chinese, Chinese Americans, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Echoes of Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, German Americans, Know Nothings, Patrick Young, racism, Reconstruction Era Blog, William Seward
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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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Ending the War, More or Less
April 9, 1865, is the day that most people think the American Civil War came to an end. General Robert E. Lee realized his gallant Army of Northern Virginia was simply too beaten up to continue its fight for Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Appomattox, Col. Edward Canby, CSS Shenandoah, ending-the-war, General Grant, General Joseph Johnston, General Lee, General Richard Taylor, General Sherman, Stand Watie
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Additional Podcast Resources: “Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment”
Did you listen to last week’s recorded conversation with Chris Mackowski and Emma Murphy about the history of impeachment, reconstruction, and the 17th President of the United States? (This recording is available to all subscribers at the “NCO Rank” on … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Reconstruction
Tagged Andrew Johnson, ECW Podcast, Emerging Civil War Podcast, impeachment, podcast resources, Reconstruction
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ECW Podcast “Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment” Is Now Available
What can we learn about impeachment from President Andrew Johnson? This week on the Emerging Civil War Podcast, Chris Mackowski talks with historian Emma Murphy from the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. This recording is available to all subscribers at … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged Andrew Johnson, ECW Podcast, Emerging Civil War Podcast, impeachment, Podcast, Reconstruction
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Do We Still Care About The Civil War: Sarah Kay Bierle
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Anyone notice the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Reconstruction, Ties to the War
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Do-We-Still-Care series, Donald Trump, impeachment, Richard Nixon
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Beyond the 13th Amendment: Ending Slavery in the Indian Territory
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Neil P. Chatelain When exactly did legal slavery end in the United States? Many Americans unfamiliar with the particulars of the Civil War respond with 1863 and the issuing of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Still … Continue reading
A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part five)
(part five of five) For Women’s History Month, we’ve been talking with women who work in Civil War public history. This week, we’ve been sharing a conversation with Emma Murphy, park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. While earning … Continue reading
A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part four)
(part four of five) Emma Murphy is a park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. In yesterday’s segment of our interview with Emma, she discussed the philosophical battle Johnson engaged in with Radical Republicans in Congress in the wake … Continue reading