Tag Archives: secession

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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Questions of Secession (part three)

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Doug Crenshaw

part three 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 two)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Doug Crenshaw

part two 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 one)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Doug Crenshaw

part one of five As a Richmond National Battlefield Park Volunteer, I have spent many Saturdays talking about the legality of secession with Nathan Hall, a historian and park ranger at Richmond. Nathan has been studying the topic deeply for … Continue reading →

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The Hero & The Ghost: An Account of a Divided Family

Posted on March 21, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes David T. Dixon When the Civil War splits a Georgia family, a returning veteran secures his legacy and helps to bury shameful secrets for future generations… Connor Wright remembered that he was eleven years old when he watched … Continue reading →

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“Independence Forever”–except in Vicksburg

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

To commemorate 1826’s July Fourth celebrations in Quincy, Massachusetts—which marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—the organizing committee approached the town’s elder statesman, John Adams. Adams, the single most important voice of the independence movement in the Second … Continue reading →

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