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My Favorite Historical Person: William Seward
A postscript to the series! I taught U.S. Foreign Policy in the spring semester, so I spent a bit of time with Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William H. Seward. A strident abolitionist, Seward lost the nomination to Lincoln in 1860 … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: A Conclusion
It’s been a few weeks since My Favorite Historical Person began, and it’s time to conclude the official series. Of course, we’ll still keep talking about historical figures and their place in the historical record since that’s a typical subject … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: James Garfield
There is an old joke that all it took to be President of the United States after the Civil War was membership in the Republican Party, a beard, and the title of Union veteran. James A. Garfield met all of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Question of the Week
Tagged civil rights, favorite17, History, James Garfield, presidents, slavery
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Question of the Week: 6/26-7/2/17
A couple weeks ago we asked if you had just one favorite historical person from the Civil War era. As our blog series continued and we read the comments, we realized that was sort of an unfair question! Today, we’ll … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: Antonia Ford
The art of spying is as old as war itself, or so it has been said. While many people when asked who is their favorite figure from the Civil War would immediately think of generals and politicians, I tend to … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Antonia Ford, civil war spy, edward stoughton, Edwin Stanton, Fairfax County, favorite17, frankie abel, J.E.B. Stuart, John S. Mosby, joseph willard, lafayette baker, old capital prison, spies, women during the civil war, women spies
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My Favorite Historical Person: Captain Sewell Gray
“Sabbath and a lovelier day never overtook a soldier,” wrote Capt. Sewell Gray on the day he died. It was Sunday, May 3, 1863, and Gray, a 22-year-old captain with the 6th Maine Infantry, was among 4,700 soldiers ordered to … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: James Hanger
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Trout As a Civil War historian, the toughest and most challenging question of all is “who is your favorite historical person?” From Union war heroes to gallant Rebel commanders to the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Personalities, Reconstruction
Tagged 16th ohio infantry, 23rd Virginia, amputation, augusta county, battle of philippi, civil war amputee, favorite17, Hanger Inc, James E. Hanger, James Hanger, patent, prosthetics, staunton, surgeon, Virginia, Washington College
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My Favorite Historical Person: Frederick Douglass
Since I was a young boy, Frederick Douglass has been the historical person I most admire in the Civil War era. Growing up a slave, Mr. Douglass was taught to read by a benevolent master, studied the Columbian Orator to … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Slavery, USCT
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, favorite17, Frederick Douglass, life and times of frederick douglass, USCT
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Favorite Historical Person: Lew Wallace
As I think about people I admire historically, a spectrum of Federal commanders come to mind: Winfield S. Hancock, Nelson Miles, John Gibbon, etc. But recently, I have come to steadily respect and admire more and more Lew Wallace. Wallace … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Monocacy, Battle of Shiloh, Ben-Hur, Cincinnati, favorite17, Leadership, Lew Wallace
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