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dragon visit
In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln appointed Anson Burlingame as minister to the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. “Burlingame worked for a cooperative policy rather than the imperialistic policies of force which had been used during the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, 150 Years Ago This Month, Foreign Relations, Postbellum Society
Tagged Anson Burlingame, Auburn (N.Y.) Prison, Auburn (New York), Burlingame Treaty, Charles Sumner, China, Chinese Embassy 1868, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Sewall Boutwell, Irvin McDowell, Lazette Miller Worden, Margaret Coffin Wright, Nathaniel P. Banks, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Qing dynasty, Susan B. Anthony, William H. Seward
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R.I.I.P.
I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom. – Thaddeus Stevens, 1837 … Continue reading
Boston at New York
From my growing up I had heard about Zouave units associated with the American Civil War but didn’t know much more about it. According to Wikipedia it wasn’t until 1859 that Zouaves were brought to the American public attention when … Continue reading
stills in the hills
I’m still gazing at the New York picture papers from 100 years ago, especially trying to keep alert for anything that might relate to the American Civil War. Recently I noticed a thumbnail that looked like an old cabin. Could … Continue reading
Dem Dems
How do you get to Tammany Hall? Um, that’s a great question. … Well, actually 150 years ago you could have gotten there by attending the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off in Tammany’s brand new headquarters in New York … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged Andrew Johnson, August Belmont, Democratic national Convention 1868, Francis Preston Blair Jr., Horatio Seymour, New York City, Susan B. Anthony, Tammany Hall, The election of 1868, Wade Hampton III
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Lost in Lexington
According to documentation at the Library of Congress, Washington College in Lexington, Virginia held commencement exercises on June 18, 1868. A northern newspaper was disgruntled by a report from an unnamed source about some activities (toasts) during an alumni supper … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Southern Society
Tagged Edward Alfred Pollard, James Alexander Walker, Japan, John Adams Dix, Meiji Restoration, Robert E. Lee, The Lost Cause, Wade Hampton III, Washington College (Lexington VA), World War I
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death down south
In early June 1868 two black men fought a duel in South Carolina; one of the men was mortally wounded. A northern editorial thought that duels in general were absurd, tragic, and barbaric, but saw this particular duel as a … Continue reading
living flag
“Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I’m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.” – John Wayne According to Wikipedia, … Continue reading
don’t speak too ill of the dead
Almost eight years ago the American Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration was warming up as some blogs looked at the 1860 presidential campaign. Those remembrances of past events really got serious with the election of Abraham Lincoln. It was still over … Continue reading
decorating the mounds
Civil War general John A. Logan has been in the news a lot lately. As a Representative from Illinois he was one of seven House managers during the Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. The U.S. Senate eventually acquitted the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Veterans
Tagged Ambrose Everett Burnside, Arlington House, Arlington National Cemetery, Charles Parsons, Civil War Unknowns Monument, Cypress Hill Cemetery, Frederick W. Lander, Grand Army of the Republic, James Garfield, John Alexander Logan, Memorial (Decoration) Day, Ulysses S. Grant, Winfield Scott Hancock
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