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Tag Archives: Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
murder at the peace conference
From the April 26, 1873 issue of Harper’s Weekly: The treacherous murder of General CANBY and the Rev. Dr. THOMAS by the Modoc Indians during a conference to which the general and the Peace Commissioners had been invited by “Captain … 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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Not Abe’s Australia
Northern Democrats were extremely indignant over the arrest, trial, and sentencing of Clement Vallandigham. As the Lincoln administration worked out what to do with the troublesome Copperhead, Southerners also became indignant. The Confederacy wasn’t about to become a dumping ground … Continue reading
