Tag Archives: Judah Benjamin

Slinging Insults in the Confederate State House

Posted on April 12, 2016 by stephendavis

Things got testy in the U. S. Congress in the years before the war. Most of us know about  Preston Brooks caning Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber. Maybe less known is when South Carolina Representative Lawrence Keitt called Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

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An Honorable Beginning

Posted on February 25, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes April 13, 1861—the broad, brown Mississippi flood tugged at United States mail steamer Bienville as she lay alongside a New Orleans levee preparing to sail the next morning with … Continue reading →

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