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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
“a national holiday”
with regional characteristics Thanksgiving Day was celebrated 150 years ago today across the United State. The New-York Times thought that the observance was almost beyond the need for presidential or gubernatorial proclamations. Thanksgiving was becoming “a national holiday” anticipated by … Continue reading
“a sorry exhibit”
On November 21, 1867 the Fortieth U.S. Congress reassembled amid a great deal of curiosity about the possible impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. The spectator section in the House was packed an hour before the start time, but the Judiciary … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Impeachment, Postbellum Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged 40th United States Congress, Andrew Johnson, George Sewall Boutwell, impeachment of Andrew Johnson, James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson, Reconstruction, Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania)
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with a little help from the men
On November 6, 1917 New York State voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that allowed women the right to vote in all elections in the state. A large New York City majority in favor of the amendment offset … Continue reading
sitting it out
150 years ago Georgia conducted a five day election to determine if a state constitutional convention should be held, and, if so, who would be sent as delegates. Evidently many white conservatives didn’t vote. Here’s an early report from Savannah, … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Southern Society
Tagged Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, carpetbaggers, John Pope, Reconstruction, Reconstruction state constitutional conventions, Savannah Georgia, scalawags, Third Military District (Reconstruction)
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clean energy
From The New-York Times October 27, 1867: Petroleum for Fuel. There have been many objections urged to the use of petroleum as fuel on sea-going vessels, most of which, we believe, will be successfully set aside. But none of them … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Technology
Tagged fire engines, New York City, petroleum, steam power, technology, urbanization
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safety first
According to the October 1, 1867 issue of The New-York Times a riot broke out 150 years ago today at a rally in Savannah, Georgia. The speaker apparently urged confiscation of white-owned land for ex-slaves. After things calmed down the … Continue reading
Antietam address
The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) on September 17, 1862 was the bloodiest single day of the American Civil War. 150 years ago today dignitaries dedicated a national cemetery at the battlefield and laid the cornerstone of a national monument. It … Continue reading
proclaiming president
150 years ago today President Andrew Johnson proclaimed an amnesty to cover almost all former Confederates. As recorded at Project Gutenberg: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas in the month of July, A.D. 1861, … Continue reading
Sickles sacked
President Andrew Johnson made some changes in August 1867. He suspended Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and named General Ulysses Grant the ad interim War Secretary. The president then ordered the acting secretary to remove Phil Sheridan as commander of … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Daniel Sickles, Duncan Lamont Clinch, Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Fort Moultrie, James Duncan (Andersonville), John Mercer Langston, North Carolina, Reconstruction, Robert Anderson, Second Military District (Reconstruction), South Carolina, Ulysses S. Grant, Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure, Winfield Scott Hancock
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