Tag Archives: secession

“The Daylight of Deliverance” – Nathaniel Lyon Responds to the 1860 Election Results

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Kristen M. Trout

Two months after the death of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon at Wilson’s Creek, The Last Political Writings of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon was published. Utilizing many of Lyon’s political articles and letters he wrote while in Kansas to The Manhattan Express, this remarkable source … Continue reading →

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Sherman in the Days Before Disunion

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Derek Maxfield

As the dark clouds of war gathered in early 1860, William Tecumseh Sherman’s career took yet another turn. He was called by old army friends like Braxton Bragg and P.G.T. Beauregard to become superintendent of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning … Continue reading →

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On The Eve of War: Florida

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Phill Greenwalt

Euphoria gripped the capital of Tallahassee, Florida on the afternoon of January 10, 1861. Inside the state capital, sixty-nine delegates, in convention for a week, had voted sixty-two to seven in favor of removing their state from the United States … Continue reading →

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On the Eve of War: The Missouri Bootheel

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Kristen M. Trout

Located in the extreme southeastern corner of Missouri is the “Bootheel,” a region named for its unique shape as it protrudes into Arkansas from the famous 36,30’ latitude line. The counties of Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid and portions of Mississippi, … Continue reading →

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On the Eve of War: New Orleans, Louisiana

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Sean Michael Chick

New Orleans is often called America’s most unique city. If not as true today, it certainly was in 1861. One major reason is no other major city in the country was acquired by America with a non-Anglo Catholic culture fully … Continue reading →

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The Secession of Mississippi

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and the Pearl River. Jackson himself had come through … Continue reading →

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Debate at Alamo Square: Charles Anderson Takes a Bold Stand

Posted on July 14, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW is pleased to welcome back David T. Dixon. The day after the news of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election reached San Antonio, handbills appeared on walls and fences around town. The posters called for all Breckenridge men to assemble in … Continue reading →

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BookChat with Leon Reed, author of No Greater Calamity for the Country

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

I was pleased to spend some time recently with No Greater Calamity for the Country: North-South Conflict, Secession, and the Onset of Civil War, a new release by Leon Reed from Little Falls Books. Leon was kind enough to take a … Continue reading →

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Questions of Secession (conclusion)

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Doug Crenshaw

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 →

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Questions of Secession (part four)

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Doug Crenshaw

part four 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 →

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