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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Dedicated
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his body was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. 150 years ago today a large monument at the Lincoln grave site was dedicated. In its October 24, 1874 issue Harper’s Weekly described the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Society
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Burial of Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Larkin Goldsmith Mead Jr., Lincoln tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery (Springfield IL), Springfield Illinois, Thomas Nast, Ulysses S. Grant
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“feeling of friendly union”
According to a northern newspaper 150 years ago, that year’s Memorial Day was going to be more inclusive – Confederate dead would be honored along with those who fought for the Union. The paper saw a similar spirit in a … Continue reading
house still divided?
150 years ago Harper’s Weekly published a brief bio of a member of the 43rd Congress. From its February 14, 1874 issue of : THE HON. ROBERT B. ELLIOTT. The South Carolina district that for many years sent JOHN C. … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, 150 Years Ago This Month, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alonzo Jacob Ransier, federalism, Forty-Third Congress, John C. Calhoun, Robert Brown Elliott, States' Rights, The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Thanksgiving, federal style
When the Civil War started, Thanksgiving was not a national holiday. There seemed to be a tradition of Thanksgiving with turkey in November. Sometimes states (and possibly also localities) declared Thanksgiving Days for a variety of reasons. According to Pilgrim … Continue reading
Posted in 160 Years Ago, American History, American Society
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American War of Independence, Artemas Ward, Articles of Confederation, Fisk University, Henry Laurens, Meharry Medical College, Nashville Tennessee, Richard Henry Boyd, State Rights, Thanksgiving, The Nashville Globe
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irrepressible
On October 10, 1872 former U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward died at his home in Auburn, New York. People in the Midwest could read all about it the next day. From the October 11, 1872 issue of The … Continue reading
dedicated
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated on Memorial Day a century ago (five score years). From the May 31, 1922 issue of The New York Times: WASHINGTON, May 30. – The Lincoln Memorial magnificent and compelling in its … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Years Ago, American History, Monuments and Statues
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Crispus Attucks, Declaration of Independence, Edwin Markham, Lewis S. Pilcher, Lincoln Memorial, Robert Russa Moton, Robert Todd Lincoln, Warren Gamaliel Harding, Washington Monument, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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sound retreat
From the March 18, 1871 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. ON one of the most beautiful sites in the neighborhood of Washington stands an edifice of singular attractiveness, known as “The Soldiers’ Home,” of which we give a … Continue reading
minority majority president
160 years ago four different candidates divvied up the votes in the United States presidential election. Republican party candidate Abraham Lincoln won a plurality (about 40%) of the popular vote on November 6, 1860, but under the United States Constitution’s … Continue reading
‘demi-deity’ in bronze
Apparently some people politicized public monuments 150 years ago. From the October 8, 1870 issue of Punchinello (at Project Gutenberg): “SOLEMN SILENCE.” Perhaps very few persons—and especially very few members of the Republican party—are aware that a monument to ABRAHAM … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Monuments and Statues
Tagged 7th Regiment New York State Militia, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Kirke Brown, John Quincy Adams Ward, Lake Charles Louisiana, monuments and statues, The South's Defenders Memorial Monument, Union League Club, Union Square (New York City)
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“Eighty-odd years since …”
The Fourth of July 1863 was a glad day for the Union during the American Civil War. Rebels surrendered Vicksburg, Mississippi to Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant, and that evening the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia began to … Continue reading
