Tag Archives: Cincinnati

buried?

Posted on May 30, 2023 by SUMPTER

150 years ago a Southern newspaper found something to like in a Northern observance of Decoration Day. From The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, South Carolina) June 12, 1873: KIND WORDS FOR OUR SOUTHERN DEAD. Dr. Lillienthal, the well known Jewish pastor … Continue reading →

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to sculpt the truth

Posted on January 20, 2018 by SUMPTER

A big monument controversy raged a hundred years ago. People objected to a new statue memorializing the Civil War era that they found very offensive. So far I haven’t read about any calls for its dismantling or removal, but some … Continue reading →

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polite disagreement

Posted on September 12, 2016 by SUMPTER

150 years ago Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle was rolling and floating along. Unlike Cleveland and St. Louis, President Johnson didn’t care to make a stand against the hecklers who confronted him in Indianapolis on September 10th. As some … Continue reading →

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Burnside Exiled?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by SUMPTER

I guess if you’re a strongly Democratic party newspaper you have to pretty much criticize everything the Lincoln administration does. After the Battle of Fredericksburg a Seneca County, New York newspaper blasted the Lincoln and his War Department for the … Continue reading →

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