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blame “universal” suffrage
Monday morning 150 years ago a Richmond paper seemed to blame the war on universal suffrage (free white men did not need property to have the right to vote). Abolitionists were tame before universal suffrage. The newspaper feared a second … Continue reading
foreign matter
150 years ago today on March 19, 1865 The New-York Times disagreed with foreigners who believed that the defeat of the main Southern armies would only mean the beginning of a protracted guerrilla war. The Times confidently predicted the breaking … Continue reading
bravely
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 18, 1865: Saturday Morning…march 18, 1865. The news. As regards military matters, there is no news. All is quiet at Petersburg and in front of Richmond. The enlistment of negroes in Richmond goes bravely … Continue reading
regarding slaves and savages
150 years ago today President Lincoln expressed his views on what it meant for slaves to fight for the Confederacy and took action against “savage warfare.” From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: ADDRESS TO AN INDIANA … Continue reading
“kindling the fires”
After so much blood and treasure has been invested, it’s worth a few bucks to keep fanning the flames of Southern independence. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 16, 1865: Patriotic publication Association. –The first public meeting of an association … Continue reading
“Progress of the war.”
The Confederacy was in crisis, but Congress had apparently been content to finish up its legislative session and head home. President Davis asked them to stay, and 150 years ago today he laid out the important matters that Congress needed … Continue reading
Brevet Major McDonald
Most of the 50th New York Engineers are still participating in the siege of Petersburg and James H. McDonald of Seneca Falls is still in the news. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1865: BREVETED [sic] MAJOR. … Continue reading
hold the applause
self-congratulatory applause, that is The following seems to have been published right around Inauguration Day 1865. Several Northern cities apparently held celebrations for recent victories and to mark President Lincoln’s second inauguration. New York’s was postponed two days because of … Continue reading
rebels threaten frontier
It seems like the Confederates were under siege or on their heels just about everywhere 150 years ago this week. … except for Canada? From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1865: FRONTIER DEFENCES. – Brig. Gen. John … Continue reading
