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Tag Archives: William Seward
A Radical Gettysburg Address
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
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Politics, Slavery
Tagged Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln, Memory, Slavery, William Seward
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Echoes of Reconstruction: When Frederick Douglas Stood Up to Anti-Asian Violence and Exclusion
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
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Reconstruction
Tagged 14th Amendment, Andrew Johnson, Burlingame Treaty, California, Chinese, Chinese Americans, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Echoes of Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, German Americans, Know Nothings, Patrick Young, racism, Reconstruction Era Blog, William Seward
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Deerskin and Eagle Buttons: Ely Parker and his Two Worlds
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
Indian Aid: Ely Parker and the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
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
My Favorite Historical Person: William Seward
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
“I could not answer for what might happen.” Part I
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
Posted in Civil War Events, Navies
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Federal Blockade, William Seward
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Happy Father’s Day
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.
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Civilian, Holidays, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Photography
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Father's Day, William Seward
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The First Peacetime Christmas–December 25, 1865
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
Posted in Civilian, Economics, Holidays, Lincoln, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged 13th Amendment, Abe Lincoln, Christmas in 1865, peacetime Christmas, William Seward
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Review: “The Lost Gettysburg Address”
The study of history is too often restricted to names, dates, and places. Generations of school kids have suffered through lectures akin to the one given in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. History, however, is not just treaties, generals, and presidents. … Continue reading
