Tag Archives: San Francisco

Albert Sidney Johnston at Fort Point: Where Narratives Collide

Posted on January 11, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Katy Berman… Fort Point, a National Historic Site at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, was built to deter a naval invasion of California. It was completed on the eve of the … Continue reading →

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The Bust of Grant and the Indiscriminate Destruction of Monuments

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

For some people, Ulysses S. Grant’s monument in San Francisco toppled last Friday not with a clang but with a loud “I told you so.” “First, it’s Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, but just you wait,” those people have … Continue reading →

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Confederates Invade San Francisco?

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Dwight Hughes

Shortly before his death in 1886, James I. Waddell, former captain of the CSS Shenandoah, wrote in his memoirs: “I had matured plans for entering the harbor of San Francisco and laying that city under contribution.”[i] Waddell never did pass … Continue reading →

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