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Bye, Bye, Redcoats!

Well, I can chalk up another one under the category “1860 Headlines that have Bewildered Me”: From The New-York Times November26, 1860: Evacuation Day. Parade of the Military. The First Brigade, under command of Gen. C.B. SPICER, consisting of the … Continue reading

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Palmetto Flag Gets Hissed!

But Not in the Palmetto State From The New-York Times November 27, 1860: BALTIMORE, Md., Monday, Nov. 24. An association calling themselves the “Southern Volunteers,” displayed the Palmetto flag from their place of meeting to-day. A large crowd was attracted … Continue reading

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If It Looks Like Nullification, …

… And It Acts Like Nullification In a section devoted to “Letters to the Editor” regarding the possible secession of southern states, The New-York Times included the following summary of an 1860 revision the Massachusetts government made to its Personal … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving: Charleston 1860

From The New-York Times. November 22, 1860: CHARLESTON, Wednesday, Nov. 21. Thanksgiving passed off with remarkable quietness. The American Sunday School Union this morning unfurled a white banner, with a palmetto tree, five stars and an open Bible, and the … Continue reading

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Why Alabama Will Probably Secede

Or, Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black? From The New-York Times. November 20, 1860: MONTGOMERY, Ala., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1860. Two days ago there was in this city a body of men who were in favor of preserving the … Continue reading

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Henry Clay on Secession

Henry Clay was called the “Great Compromiser” because of his work in the U.S. Congress during the North-South crises, especially in 1820 and 1850. The correspondent in this article says that Clay, who died in 1852, would not have compromised … Continue reading

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Palmetto State: Three Vignettes

Seven Score and Ten and Civil War Daily Gazette have been doing a great job keeping us up-to-date on the rabid secession fever in South Carolina since Lincoln’s election on November 6th (1860, of course). Here are three paragraphs from … Continue reading

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Plantation Owner Pins Hopes on Gridlock

And the Little Giant Agrees From The New-York Times. November 15, 1860: A FEW SEASONABLE WORDS. The National Intelligencer publishes the following letter from a “Southern Cotton Planter,” whom it states, is a gentleman of high character, a native of … Continue reading

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“Secession in New-York”

OK. I admit it – my eyes bulged out of my head when I read this headline from The New-York Times. The main idea was that Southern medical students met to decide whether, given Lincoln’s election and the secessionist activities … Continue reading

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Possible Rebellion – Against Alabama

According to The New-York Times the government of Alabama was making plans for a possible “Black Republican” victory in the 1860 presidential election at least 9 months earlier. Some freemen did not take kindly to what they viewed as unlawful … Continue reading

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