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Tag Archives: Reconstruction
Echoes of Reconstruction: Misusing the History of the Civil War Era in Drafting Alabama’s Constitution
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Usually we think of the study of history as a good starting point for the drafting of new laws. This is especially true when a state adopts a … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 15th Amendment, Alabama, Alabama Constitutional Convention, Alabama state constitution, Columbia University, Dunning School, Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, Fifteenth Amendment, John Knox, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Redeemers, The Reconstruction Era Blog, United States Colored Troops, USCT, white supremacy, William A. Dunning
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A Close Brush With History—UWF History Trust’s Black Politicians Exhibit
It was recently announced in the last Emerging Civil War newsletter that I’ve taken on a part-time position with the University of West Florida’s Historic Trust in Pensacola, Florida. I had begun volunteering in their Collections Department – and diversifying … Continue reading
Posted in Material Culture, Memory, Politics, Preservation, Reconstruction, Ties to the War
Tagged Archives and Collections, artifacts, Black Politicians, civil war memory, Ku Klux Klan, Material Culture, Museum Exhibit, Pensacola Florida, Pensacola History Museum, Racial hate Groups, Reconstruction, Southern memory, UWF Historic Trust
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Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
One of the things I love most about the Civil War community is that books are such a major part of our overall culture. I love a good book, and love the fact that so many people around me love … Continue reading
Echoes of Reconstruction: The USCT Continued to Serve After the War Was Over
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog July 18 was the 158th Anniversary of the assault of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on Battery Wagner near Charleston. The assault was the most famous single military … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 22nd USCT, 27th USCT, 54th Massachusetts, 56th USCT, 60th USCT, Camp Chase, Camp William Penn, Charles Bentzoni, freedmen's bureau, Glory, Godfrey Weitzel, Grand Review, Helena Arkansas, Henry Sweeney, Iowa, Milton Howard, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Blog, Rock Island Arsenal
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Book Review: Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Social Justice
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Social Justice By Bruce Levine Simon & Schuster, 2021 $28.00 hardcover Reviewed by David T. Dixon Bundled in blankets and borne aloft in a chair by two young men, Thaddeus Stevens entered the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Book Review, Reconstruction, Republican Party, Thaddeus Stevens
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Commentary from the Bookshelves: Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction by Allen Guelzo
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Mark Harnitchek… Reading the cover of Fateful Lightning, I was struck by author Allen Guelzo’s subtitle which claims his master narrative is a “new” history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. In a well-trodden … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged Allen Guelzo, Civil War books, politics, Reconstruction
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Echoes of Reconstruction: An Immigrant Defender of Black Freedom
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and no American military conflict was more impacted by immigrants than the American Civil War. Roughly a quarter of the United States forces … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Holidays, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 32nd USCT, 74th New York, E. Phillip Jacobson, Excelsior Brigade, Felix Brannigan, Francis Lieber, Germans, Immigrant Heritage Month, immigrants, irish, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Era Blog, USCT, William T. Sherman
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Echoes of Reconstruction: Roundup of Recent Books
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Many of us expanded our reading during the lonely days of the Pandemic by taking old books off the shelves to read anew. I just settled in with … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Memory, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged Absalom, Adam Domby, book reviews, civil rights, Congress at War, Constant Lecorge, Edward Ball, Fergus Bordewich, Fred Ogden, Frederick Douglass, Kate Masur, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Life of a Klansman, Michael Gorra, New Orleans, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee and Me, Slavery, The False Cause, The Reconstruction Era Blog, The Sadddest Words, Ty Seidule, Until Justice Be Done, white supremacy, William Faulkner
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Gordon Rhea’s Forthcoming Book – Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Perhaps Gordon C. Rhea’s award-winning books about the Overland Campaign line a shelf in your library. Perhaps you’ve been on a tour to see the places he’s written about. Perhaps you’re counting down the days until the ECW Symposium in … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Freedom Colonies in Texas
When the Civil War ended in 1865, approximately 250,000 formerly enslaved people in the state of Texas faced an uncertain future. Although freed from slavery, challenges and difficulties remained as families searched for places to live, jobs, and community. Self-sufficient, … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation, Reconstruction
Tagged black history, Historic Preservation, Reconstruction, Saving History Saturday
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