Tag Archives: Elections

Thank You for Your Role in “The Great Task”

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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A Useable History: Partisanship, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

In the introduction to Gary Gallagher’s new book The Enduring Civil War, Gallagher talks about his own Civil War origins. “My lifelong interest in the Civil War era stems from its profusion of dramatic events, compelling personalities, unlikely political and … Continue reading →

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U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The following was passed along by ECW’s friend William Underhill, one of the stalwart keeper’s of Ulysses S. Grant’s flame as a member of the Friends of Grant Cottage, the organization that staffs the site where Grant died in upstate … Continue reading →

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Presentations From the 2014 Emerging Civil War Symposium-Meg Thompson

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

As we gear up for this years Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, we wanted to share this presentation from last years ECW Symposium. As you may recall, we were honored to have C-SPAN cover our first major symposium. Below is … Continue reading →

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