lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... Fast forward to 1861; Lincoln had become President of the United States, and the country had dissolved into Civil War. The first battle, Bull Run, was an embarrassing defeat for the Union Army, and Lincoln was looking for a new general to replace his current one, McDowell. Lincoln needed someone who ...
... Fast forward to 1861; Lincoln had become President of the United States, and the country had dissolved into Civil War. The first battle, Bull Run, was an embarrassing defeat for the Union Army, and Lincoln was looking for a new general to replace his current one, McDowell. Lincoln needed someone who ...
The Positive Contributions of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of
... Lincoln and the Radicals was one of Williams’ earliest works and time served the role of tempering his tone toward the radicals. Many of the arguments he makes in Lincoln and His Generals run parallel with arguments the JCCW made against McClellan’s appointment. Williams criticizes McClellan for his ...
... Lincoln and the Radicals was one of Williams’ earliest works and time served the role of tempering his tone toward the radicals. Many of the arguments he makes in Lincoln and His Generals run parallel with arguments the JCCW made against McClellan’s appointment. Williams criticizes McClellan for his ...
A Struggle Within: The Rise and Fall of Kentucky
... As a southerner, and a staunch defender of slavery and segregation in his earlier years, Harlan’s vote would be expected to go in favor of segregation. The opposite being the case, his political ideology must have been shifted by changing politics in his state before his tenure on the court, at some ...
... As a southerner, and a staunch defender of slavery and segregation in his earlier years, Harlan’s vote would be expected to go in favor of segregation. The opposite being the case, his political ideology must have been shifted by changing politics in his state before his tenure on the court, at some ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... federalism could not have been accomplished without help from others. Having visited libraries and state archives throughout the former Confederate states and beyond, I was fortunate to have encountered many dedicated archivists and librarians. I appreciate their efforts in facilitating my research ...
... federalism could not have been accomplished without help from others. Having visited libraries and state archives throughout the former Confederate states and beyond, I was fortunate to have encountered many dedicated archivists and librarians. I appreciate their efforts in facilitating my research ...
The Emancipation Proclamation - Home
... soldiers would fight for African-American’s independence.8 In other words, Lincoln knew that they would fight to save the Union, but he was not completely sure if the soldiers would fight for a different race.9 There was also the continuous problem that some people wanted slavery abolished, and oth ...
... soldiers would fight for African-American’s independence.8 In other words, Lincoln knew that they would fight to save the Union, but he was not completely sure if the soldiers would fight for a different race.9 There was also the continuous problem that some people wanted slavery abolished, and oth ...
Forgotten Abolitionist: John A. J. Creswell of Maryland
... By then, the Whig Party had disintegrated and, with few alternatives open for a businessminded Marylander, Creswell gravitated to the traditional Democratic Party base of his home environs. In June 1856 he represented Cecil County at the Democratic convention in Cincinnati, Ohio that nominated his f ...
... By then, the Whig Party had disintegrated and, with few alternatives open for a businessminded Marylander, Creswell gravitated to the traditional Democratic Party base of his home environs. In June 1856 he represented Cecil County at the Democratic convention in Cincinnati, Ohio that nominated his f ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852 and reelected in 1858). His reputation as an eloquent speaker and brilliant mind made his selection by the Louisiana state legislature was of little surprise. As he was said to be the most prominent American Jew during the 19th ...
... Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852 and reelected in 1858). His reputation as an eloquent speaker and brilliant mind made his selection by the Louisiana state legislature was of little surprise. As he was said to be the most prominent American Jew during the 19th ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
Border State, Divided Loyalties - ScholarWorks@UNO
... 2 Some famous examples of slave narratives include Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston: Published by the Author, 1861); Frederick Douglass, Henry Louis Gates, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave/My Bondage and My Freedom/Life and Times of Fred ...
... 2 Some famous examples of slave narratives include Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston: Published by the Author, 1861); Frederick Douglass, Henry Louis Gates, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave/My Bondage and My Freedom/Life and Times of Fred ...
Reconstruction
... What the freed men and women wanted above all else was land on which they could support their own families, though this did not happen. During and immediately after the war, many former slaves established subsistence farms on land that had been abandoned to the Union army. But President Andrew Johns ...
... What the freed men and women wanted above all else was land on which they could support their own families, though this did not happen. During and immediately after the war, many former slaves established subsistence farms on land that had been abandoned to the Union army. But President Andrew Johns ...
Fact or Fib - Net Start Class
... over the new fugitive slave law, but Bleeding Kansas occurred after the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed these states to decide for themselves to be slave ...
... over the new fugitive slave law, but Bleeding Kansas occurred after the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed these states to decide for themselves to be slave ...
Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation and Executive Power
... Confederate confiscation acts passed before and after the First Confiscation Act). 26. First Confiscation Act, supra note 25, § 1. Congress clearly had the power to pass such legislation. See U.S. CONST. art. I, § 8 (providing Congress power to "make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water"). 27 ...
... Confederate confiscation acts passed before and after the First Confiscation Act). 26. First Confiscation Act, supra note 25, § 1. Congress clearly had the power to pass such legislation. See U.S. CONST. art. I, § 8 (providing Congress power to "make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water"). 27 ...
General George Brinton McClellan: The Cautious
... Young Napoleon, 17) This attitude may explain why during the Civil War he would seem to treat President Lincoln and other superiors with such little regard. When General McClellan took command of Washington and the Army of the Potomac on 26th July, 1861, everyone had great expectations of him. He w ...
... Young Napoleon, 17) This attitude may explain why during the Civil War he would seem to treat President Lincoln and other superiors with such little regard. When General McClellan took command of Washington and the Army of the Potomac on 26th July, 1861, everyone had great expectations of him. He w ...
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... Young Napoleon, 17) This attitude may explain why during the Civil War he would seem to treat President Lincoln and other superiors with such little regard. When General McClellan took command of Washington and the Army of the Potomac on 26th July, 1861, everyone had great expectations of him. He w ...
... Young Napoleon, 17) This attitude may explain why during the Civil War he would seem to treat President Lincoln and other superiors with such little regard. When General McClellan took command of Washington and the Army of the Potomac on 26th July, 1861, everyone had great expectations of him. He w ...
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... The 1862 elections proved successful for Democrats, who gained thirtyfour seats in Congress, John Dawson's among them, along with several governorships and state legislatures. But rather than being a restraint, the election spurred Lincoln on to bolder efforts beginning with the dismissal of McClell ...
... The 1862 elections proved successful for Democrats, who gained thirtyfour seats in Congress, John Dawson's among them, along with several governorships and state legislatures. But rather than being a restraint, the election spurred Lincoln on to bolder efforts beginning with the dismissal of McClell ...
The Rise of Radicalism in Antebellum Florida Politics
... examined both political and economic aspects of Florida in the decades leading up to secession and the Civil War but failed to make a connection between the two. Over the past century several scholars compiled more focused studies on the political culture of Florida during this era. One of the first ...
... examined both political and economic aspects of Florida in the decades leading up to secession and the Civil War but failed to make a connection between the two. Over the past century several scholars compiled more focused studies on the political culture of Florida during this era. One of the first ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: “TO AID THEIR REBEL FRIENDS”: POLITICS
... The completion of this dissertation would not have been possible without the help and support of many people and institutions. Fellowships from the H. B. Earhart Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation enabled me to spend the final four years of graduate school focusing on my dissertat ...
... The completion of this dissertation would not have been possible without the help and support of many people and institutions. Fellowships from the H. B. Earhart Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation enabled me to spend the final four years of graduate school focusing on my dissertat ...
United States presidential election, 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. In 1860, these issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. In the face of a divided opposition, the Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South. Before Lincoln's inauguration, seven Southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy.