Tag Archives: Presidential Reconstruction

last rebel hanging

Posted on November 10, 2015 by SUMPTER

As a matter of fact, Andersonville commandant Henry Wirz was the only Confederate officer/official executed in the aftermath of the American Civil War. He was hung 150 years ago today outside Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. From The New-York … Continue reading →

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Alexander meets Andrew

Posted on October 20, 2015 by SUMPTER

After being paroled, ex-CSA Vice President Alexander H. Stephens had a rather leisurely trip back to confinement in his home state of Georgia. He had stops in Boston, New York, And Washington D.C. 150 years ago today met with US … Continue reading →

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freed from Fort Warren …

Posted on October 11, 2015 by SUMPTER

but confined to Georgia On March 21, 1861 new Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens delivered his well-known Cornerstone Speech in which he praised the Confederate Constitution and maintained that the new government was based on racial inequality: Our new … Continue reading →

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don’t make ’em bite off too at once

Posted on October 7, 2015 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week abolitionist George L. Stearns met with President Andrew Johnson to discuss Reconstruction in the South. Mr. Stearns wrote up his recollection of the meeting, had the president fact-check the summary, and then sent the document … Continue reading →

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Southern roadblock?

Posted on July 16, 2015 by SUMPTER

If delegations from the rebel states are re-admitted to the Congress without conditions, could they stifle the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery? From The New-York Times July 9, 1865: Letter from Wendell Phillips. THE RESTORATION OF THE SOUTHERN … Continue reading →

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