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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 8, 1862
The Army of the Potomac continued spreading out along the roads of western Maryland, fanning out in several different columns to protect Baltimore, Washington, and the Potomac River crossings. George B. McClellan believed correctly that despite the “vague and conflicting” … Continue reading
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 3, 1862
Ninety days ago, George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac sat within earshot of Richmond’s tolling church bells. Now, by early September, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia camped within a day’s march of Washington City’s defenses. Lee and … Continue reading
Sailors, Diplomats, Tycoons and the Campaign to Control California’s Gold in the Civil War
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Neil Chatelain As massive operations spread across the United States during the Civil War, a secret and ever-important campaign was being waged at sea. This was not ironclad warships battling one … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Navies
Tagged C.S.S. Alabama, C.S.S. Shenandoah, Henry Sibley, Jefferson Davis, Raphael Semmes, Stephen Mallory
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A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 6
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 are available. Part 6 is the concluding post in the series.) From his headquarters at City Point, Grant, in turn, informed Lincoln and Stanton that Ord had met with Longstreet … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Politics
Tagged 13th Amendment, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, civilian influence, Edwin Stanton, General James Longstreet, General Ord, Jefferson Davis, peace conference, proposed peace conference, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee, slavery, southern women, Ulysses S. Grant, women during the civil war, women's influence
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A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 5
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 are available.) In any event, on Tuesday, February 28, Longstreet and Ord met again purportedly to discuss prisoner exchanges, when Ord suggested that Lee should contact Grant and request “an interview, stating that … Continue reading
A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 3
(Part 1 and Part 2 are available.) So why was Ord’s idea even considered, and actually supported, at the highest levels of a Confederate government steeped in a patriarchal culture? Porter offered an answer in that “it must be remembered … Continue reading
A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 1
In March 1865, a conference was planned where the leading officers on both sides—and their wives—would have played a significant role in brokering peace. It was Maj. General Edward O.C. Ord’s idea, proposed in the wake of the failure of … Continue reading
The Night That Decided the Confederate President
In February 1861, delegates from the six seceded states—South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama to craft a new nation. In order to do so, a leader, a provisional president, would be elected as the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Ties to the War
Tagged Alabama, Alexander Stephens, Confederate President, Confederate States of America, Florida, Georgia, Howell Cobb, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, Montgomery, Robert Toombs, South Carolina, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy, Thomas Cobb, William C. Davis
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Race, Remembrance and Tourism in New Orleans
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the wake of the Charleston shootings there was a renewed call to remove Confederate monuments throughout America. Few cities have seen this process play out in such … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged Jefferson Davis, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Robert E. Lee
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“We Have A Light”: Our Shared Lie About the Confederacy
Today, we welcome back guest author Sam Smith. “The Confederate Constitution was virtually identical to the original, except that it explicitly protected slavery.” This is one of the most common canards of Civil War history. I don’t know where this fiction … Continue reading
