Tag Archives: William Seward

The Trent Affair’s Diplomatic Winners and Losers

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Neil P. Chatelain

November and December 2021 mark the 160th anniversary of the Trent affair. Centered around Confederate diplomatic legitimacy, it caused controversy and embarrassment for the United States, the Confederacy, and United Kingdom, with some surprising winners and losers. In the fall … Continue reading →

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A Radical Gettysburg Address

Posted on May 18, 2021 by David T. Dixon

President Abraham Lincoln’s two-minute remarks during the dedication of the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863 may be the most heralded words ever delivered in the English language. For nearly 160 years, the legacy and mythology surrounding that … Continue reading →

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Echoes of Reconstruction: When Frederick Douglas Stood Up to Anti-Asian Violence and Exclusion

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Americans’ fear of non-white, non-Christian immigrants began in 1848 with the arrival of the first ship full of Chinese in San Francisco Bay. The Chinese came to wash the clothes … Continue reading →

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Deerskin and Eagle Buttons: Ely Parker and his Two Worlds

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

The roar of the waterfall drowned out any noise of the crying child cuddled in his mother’s arms. He was born in a simple log cabin built to overlook the falls of Tonawanda Creek on the Tonawanda Seneca reservation. Within … Continue reading →

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Indian Aid: Ely Parker and the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

Four months before giving birth to her son Ely, expecting mother Elizabeth Johnson Parker (Gaontguttwus to the Tonawanda Seneca tribe) awoke one night after experiencing a dream. Her mind’s vision showed a rainbow broken in two. The bottom of one … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Historical Person: William Seward

Posted on June 29, 2017 by juliemujic

A postscript to the series! I taught U.S. Foreign Policy in the spring semester, so I spent a bit of time with Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William H. Seward. A strident abolitionist, Seward lost the nomination to Lincoln in 1860 … Continue reading →

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“I could not answer for what might happen.” Part I

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dwight Hughes

The Civil War was an intense international concern from the beginning. The neutrality—or lack thereof—by foreign powers was a decisive element in a conflict that might have spread beyond American shores. Both sides warred on enemy commerce; both American navies … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Meg Groeling

Many of our writers at ECW are also fathers. Our love and support goes out to them today (and every day) as they toil to tell the stories of other fathers, other children, other times.

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ECW Weekender: Fort Pickens

Posted on April 8, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Sean Michael Chick I took a trip down to Pensacola with my girlfriend two weeks ago, intent on checking out the beach before it became crowded. I also wanted to look at … Continue reading →

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The First Peacetime Christmas–December 25, 1865

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Meg Groeling

The war was over, and peace had come at last. But Christmas that year was marred by a tremendous gale which swept along the Atlantic coast on December 20, wrecking many ships and drowning some of the people who had … Continue reading →

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