Tag Archives: Mississippi

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce: America’s First Black Senators

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Todd Arrington

On February 25, 1870, visitors in the U.S. Senate gallery burst into applause when the new Republican senator from Mississippi entered the chamber. This man was no ordinary senator. He was Hiram R. Revels, and he was the first African … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 1 (part 2)

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

part of a series We landed in Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday to kick off our Facebook LIVE events from the Vicksburg campaign. Although we presented the campaign a little out of order, we wanted to take advantage of being there, so … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Limits of Loyalty: Ordinary People in Civil War Mississippi”

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Meg Groeling

Easy as it is to imagine the Confederacy made up of a solid group of Union-hating slave owners and their friends, the reality of the situation is much more complex. Jarrett Ruminski, a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant, investigates this … Continue reading →

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January 10, 1861 in Florida

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

On this date in Tallahassee, Florida, the delegates to the state’s secession convention voted 62-7, in favor of secession. With that vote, after seven days of deliberation, Florida became the third state to formally declare itself out of the United … Continue reading →

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The Night That Decided the Confederate President

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

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 →

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Darkest Days of the War?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Phill Greenwalt

The Battles of Iuka and Corinth–that’s the answer, at least according to historian Peter Cozzens. Do you agree? Disagree? When I started the book, I was sketpical that Cozzens could convince me that this was truly the “Darkest Days of … Continue reading →

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