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Tag Archives: Jefferson Davis
Invading the North and Protecting the Capital
On June 5, 1862, as he settled into his new command of the Confederate army outside Richmond, Robert E. Lee contemplated his next moves. For starters, he put his men to the shovel building defensive fortifications—a course of action that … Continue reading
19th Century Asymmetrical Warfare: Privateering, the Savannah, and the Enchantress Affair
ECW welcomes back guest author Leon Reed. As early as his inaugural address, Confederate President Jefferson Davis warned the United States, and other shippers of the world, that he intended to authorize privateers, the traditional means of naval warfare engaged … Continue reading
Supporting the Cause: Union and Confederate Patriotic Envelopes
ECW welcomes guest author Leon Reed About three years ago, my cousin, Jim Reed asked if I’d like to see a scrapbook that had been kept by a civil war ancestor of his. What I got was an incredible collection … Continue reading
Questions of Secession (conclusion)
part five of five I’ve been chatting about secession lately with historian Nathan Hall of Richmond National Battlefield Park. Nathan has been studying the topic deeply for many years and recently spoke on it at the Richmond Civil War Roundtable. … Continue reading
Questions of Secession (part two)
part two of five I’ve been chatting about secession lately with historian Nathan Hall of Richmond National Battlefield Park. Nathan has been studying the topic deeply for many years and recently spoke on it at the Richmond Civil War Roundtable. … Continue reading
BookChat with Michael Woods, author of Arguing Until Doomsday
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Michael E. Woods, associate professor of history at Marshall University. Dr. Woods is the author of Arguing Until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Books & Authors, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, antebellum politics, Arguing Until Doomsday, Blundering Generation, BookChat, Democratic Party, Great Triumvirate, Jefferson Davis, Michael E. Woods, Roy F. Nichols, Samuel Ashton, Seriah the Scribe, Stephen Douglas, The Disruption of American Democracy, UNC Press, University of Chicago
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A Conversation with John Coski (part two)
Part two of six I’m talking this week with John Coski, historian with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and recipient of ECW’s 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. In recounting his “origin story” yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities
Tagged American Civil War Museum, Award for Service in Civil War Public History, Baptized in Blood, Before Freedom Came, Berkeley Plantation, Charles Wilson, Confederate Memorial Literacy Society, Conversation-with-John-Coski, Hollins University, Jefferson Davis, John Coski, Lost Cause, Museum of the Confederacy, Ruth Ann Coski, Virginia Historical Society, White House of the Confederacy
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Acts of violence against America
Acts of violence against America. That’s the context an exhibit panel challenged me to consider as I neared the end of the self-guided tour of the Sixth Floor Museum in the Texas Book Depository overlooking Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Ties to the War
Tagged 9/11, Acts of Violence Against America, American Terrorist, Dealey Plaza, Doaksville, Ford's Theatre, H.S. Washburn, Jefferson Davis, JFK, JFK Assassination, Oklahoma City Bombing, Oklahoma City Combing Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Sixth Floor Museum, Stand Watie, The Vacant Chair, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant
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“Ms. Yulee…asked me if I could conceal a very valuable trunk…”
On the night of April 14, 1865 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Confederate Captain Micajah H. Clark with assistance packed into ambulances and wagons Confederate Government archives, baggage of Confederate officials, and $35,000 in currency. Their goal was to secrete these … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 9/2-9/8/19
An ECW fan sent us this thought-provoking question: What would have changed for the Confederacy if Jefferson Davis had become an army general and John Breckinridge had become President?
