Joel R. Poinsett`s Role in the Nullification Crisis
... Agent in South Carolina of President Jackson during the Nullification Troubles of 1832 is the earliest narrative of Poinsett. Stille’s work first appeared in the Philadelphia Magazine of History and Biography in 1888. The work relies exclusively on the mass of Poinsett’s personal correspondence whic ...
... Agent in South Carolina of President Jackson during the Nullification Troubles of 1832 is the earliest narrative of Poinsett. Stille’s work first appeared in the Philadelphia Magazine of History and Biography in 1888. The work relies exclusively on the mass of Poinsett’s personal correspondence whic ...
Vol. 21 No. 3 - Grand Canyon Historical Society
... on the horizon of which members should be aware: nominations for the board of directors and preparations for a 2012 history symposium. Over the next couple months we will be looking for nominees to the Grand Canyon Historical Society Board of Directors. In the fall, new board members will be elected ...
... on the horizon of which members should be aware: nominations for the board of directors and preparations for a 2012 history symposium. Over the next couple months we will be looking for nominees to the Grand Canyon Historical Society Board of Directors. In the fall, new board members will be elected ...
Marggraf - WLS Essay File
... On the morning of Sunday, July 21, 1861, civilians from Washington, D.C. woke early and travelled nearly thirty miles to Centreville, Virginia. They arrived on horseback and in carriages, armed with picnic baskets and opera glasses, waiting in anticipation for the first sights and sounds of activity ...
... On the morning of Sunday, July 21, 1861, civilians from Washington, D.C. woke early and travelled nearly thirty miles to Centreville, Virginia. They arrived on horseback and in carriages, armed with picnic baskets and opera glasses, waiting in anticipation for the first sights and sounds of activity ...
Newtonia Battlefields Special Resource Study
... Alan Thompson, Prairie Grove State Park, Arkansas State Parks Paul Wannenmacher, Filmmaker, Civil War Battle of Newtonia David Weems, Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association ...
... Alan Thompson, Prairie Grove State Park, Arkansas State Parks Paul Wannenmacher, Filmmaker, Civil War Battle of Newtonia David Weems, Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association ...
“I Intend to Give Blows”: The Hundred Days
... Congressional approval? Would it be wise to call Congress into session immediately? Would Washington, nestled between Virginia and Maryland – two slave states which might well secede – be a safe place for senators and representatives to gather? In late March, one observer in the District of Columbia ...
... Congressional approval? Would it be wise to call Congress into session immediately? Would Washington, nestled between Virginia and Maryland – two slave states which might well secede – be a safe place for senators and representatives to gather? In late March, one observer in the District of Columbia ...
You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors
... authorities to decide” and suggested that Welles consult with them.18 The following day, Lincoln met with this small group at the White House for an informal discussion. Scott and General Totten agreed that it would be impracticable to reinforce the fort. Relying partly on the counsel of Commander J ...
... authorities to decide” and suggested that Welles consult with them.18 The following day, Lincoln met with this small group at the White House for an informal discussion. Scott and General Totten agreed that it would be impracticable to reinforce the fort. Relying partly on the counsel of Commander J ...
Edward G Eggeling - NC in the Civil War Home Page
... LEW, who had been branded locally as “Crazy Bet”. Miss VAN LEW, who was from a wealthy southern aristocratic family, secretly maintained her loyalty to the Union, and formed an extensive spy network for the Union Army in Richmond. She was successful in gaining employment for Miss BOWSER on EGGELING ...
... LEW, who had been branded locally as “Crazy Bet”. Miss VAN LEW, who was from a wealthy southern aristocratic family, secretly maintained her loyalty to the Union, and formed an extensive spy network for the Union Army in Richmond. She was successful in gaining employment for Miss BOWSER on EGGELING ...
I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any
... them better and laughs oftener, than Abraham Lincoln.” Some of the jokes, Villard informed his readers, “are rather crude, both as to form and substance. But they are ...
... them better and laughs oftener, than Abraham Lincoln.” Some of the jokes, Villard informed his readers, “are rather crude, both as to form and substance. But they are ...
Sectionalism, Unionism, and Secessionism in Maryland
... of the finer points of his grammar ministrations, but sweetheart, I appreciate every minute that you spent helping me. I would have never finished without your kindness and support. I am a lucky wife. And finally, to my two wonderful and darling boys, Fitzpatrick Raymond and Spencer Mark, who for mo ...
... of the finer points of his grammar ministrations, but sweetheart, I appreciate every minute that you spent helping me. I would have never finished without your kindness and support. I am a lucky wife. And finally, to my two wonderful and darling boys, Fitzpatrick Raymond and Spencer Mark, who for mo ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... one of two interpretations: that the Confederacy either “died of state rights” or that the Confederacy, because of the war-time demands, created a government at least as centralized as the Union, if not more so. This dissertation argues that the reality was much more complex. Confederate federalism ...
... one of two interpretations: that the Confederacy either “died of state rights” or that the Confederacy, because of the war-time demands, created a government at least as centralized as the Union, if not more so. This dissertation argues that the reality was much more complex. Confederate federalism ...
Three Southwest Georgia Counties during the Secession Crisis
... made it obvious what they wanted: “the most speedy and certain redress for all past and present political grievances, and the most sure guarantee against further aggressions…IMMEDIATE AND INDEPENDENT SECESSION.” The fact that these men capitalized these last three words not only emphasizes their wan ...
... made it obvious what they wanted: “the most speedy and certain redress for all past and present political grievances, and the most sure guarantee against further aggressions…IMMEDIATE AND INDEPENDENT SECESSION.” The fact that these men capitalized these last three words not only emphasizes their wan ...
dialogue on lincoln - American Bar Association
... incoln’s legacy is more enduring than that of any other president in American history. He consistently ranks as one of our greatest leaders, guiding the nation through its greatest crisis. As a young lawyer, he ably represented his clients. As president, he authored some of our nation’s foremost doc ...
... incoln’s legacy is more enduring than that of any other president in American history. He consistently ranks as one of our greatest leaders, guiding the nation through its greatest crisis. As a young lawyer, he ably represented his clients. As president, he authored some of our nation’s foremost doc ...
Freedwomen in pursuit of liberty: St. Louis and Missouri in the age of
... In 1862, Catherine McNeil, a twelve-year-old African American child, was kidnapped by a St. Louis couple who wanted her for their own use. This kidnapping and its resolution demonstrates a struggle for different visions of the nation and citizenship. This struggle was fought, literally, over the bod ...
... In 1862, Catherine McNeil, a twelve-year-old African American child, was kidnapped by a St. Louis couple who wanted her for their own use. This kidnapping and its resolution demonstrates a struggle for different visions of the nation and citizenship. This struggle was fought, literally, over the bod ...
Encyclopedia Americana: Abraham Lincoln
... Near the outset of this voyage, at the little village of New Salem on the Sangamon River, Lincoln had impressed Offutt by his ingenuity in moving the flatboat over a milldam. Offutt, impressed likewise by the prospects of the village, arranged to open a store and rent the mill. On Lincoln's return f ...
... Near the outset of this voyage, at the little village of New Salem on the Sangamon River, Lincoln had impressed Offutt by his ingenuity in moving the flatboat over a milldam. Offutt, impressed likewise by the prospects of the village, arranged to open a store and rent the mill. On Lincoln's return f ...
Encyclopedia Americana: Abraham Lincoln
... farm on the South Fork of Nolin Creek, where Abraham was born. Soon after Abe's second birthday the family moved to a more productive farm along Knob Creek, a branch of the Rolling Fork, in a region of fertile bottomland surrounded by crags and bluffs. The old Cumberland Trail from Louisville to Nas ...
... farm on the South Fork of Nolin Creek, where Abraham was born. Soon after Abe's second birthday the family moved to a more productive farm along Knob Creek, a branch of the Rolling Fork, in a region of fertile bottomland surrounded by crags and bluffs. The old Cumberland Trail from Louisville to Nas ...
recto - UNT Digital Library
... Union votes in Virginia to preempt secession in the state and send a warning to the Lower South about Virginia's Unionist intents. The Southern sectional appeal of Breckinridge, the newspapers argued, was even more sinister than the Republicans' attempt to win without the South. There was nothing ov ...
... Union votes in Virginia to preempt secession in the state and send a warning to the Lower South about Virginia's Unionist intents. The Southern sectional appeal of Breckinridge, the newspapers argued, was even more sinister than the Republicans' attempt to win without the South. There was nothing ov ...
The Story of South Carolina`s Ordinance of Secession
... . delayed not only days, but weeks, before it passes."!' Inglis's resolution had also asked "individual members desiring to submit for the consideration of the Convention, any draft or scheme of such Ordinance, ... to hand the same, without delay, to the said Committee." We do not know how many draf ...
... . delayed not only days, but weeks, before it passes."!' Inglis's resolution had also asked "individual members desiring to submit for the consideration of the Convention, any draft or scheme of such Ordinance, ... to hand the same, without delay, to the said Committee." We do not know how many draf ...
To what extent did Abraham Lincoln increase the power of the
... Activity: Abraham Lincoln, in preparation for the upcoming conflict with the Confederacy, made several controversial decisions between the fall of Ft. Sumter in April and the time of the first battle in July of 1861. Abraham Lincoln called for a special session of Congress to meet in July of 1861.St ...
... Activity: Abraham Lincoln, in preparation for the upcoming conflict with the Confederacy, made several controversial decisions between the fall of Ft. Sumter in April and the time of the first battle in July of 1861. Abraham Lincoln called for a special session of Congress to meet in July of 1861.St ...
doc - Kansas Humanities Council
... occupation, praying for deliverance by Southern arms, and ready to rally to the Confederate cause. Even the Missouri militia was said to be disaffected and prepared to desert the Union. A Confederate military presence, it was confided, could rally these Rebel Missourians, enlist them in the Southern ...
... occupation, praying for deliverance by Southern arms, and ready to rally to the Confederate cause. Even the Missouri militia was said to be disaffected and prepared to desert the Union. A Confederate military presence, it was confided, could rally these Rebel Missourians, enlist them in the Southern ...
The Union is Perpetual: Lincoln is Elected
... As a result of his performance in the series of debates against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, Lincoln emerged as a potential presidential candidate. In May 1860, the Republican Party nominated him to run for president over several leading contenders with stronger antislavery views. Lincoln opposed sla ...
... As a result of his performance in the series of debates against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, Lincoln emerged as a potential presidential candidate. In May 1860, the Republican Party nominated him to run for president over several leading contenders with stronger antislavery views. Lincoln opposed sla ...
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resolution of the [confederate] congress [in kentucky]
... Richard Hawes of Bourbon County was inaugurated at Frankfort as the Rebel governor. Speaking to the listening crowd, Hawes made the grandiloquent statement that Kentucky "would be held by the Confederate army, cost what it might." Unfortunately the ceremonies were interrupted by General Joshua Sills ...
... Richard Hawes of Bourbon County was inaugurated at Frankfort as the Rebel governor. Speaking to the listening crowd, Hawes made the grandiloquent statement that Kentucky "would be held by the Confederate army, cost what it might." Unfortunately the ceremonies were interrupted by General Joshua Sills ...
States of Confusion: Solidifying Federalism by Recognizing
... the singular house. In the future, however, the nation’s response may very well be to construct a second house.4 If there again comes such a dire circumstance that it forces a choice between the two solutions, the latter should be threshed out thoroughly and given a serious look. The Civil War took ...
... the singular house. In the future, however, the nation’s response may very well be to construct a second house.4 If there again comes such a dire circumstance that it forces a choice between the two solutions, the latter should be threshed out thoroughly and given a serious look. The Civil War took ...
Solidifying Federalism by Recognizing Secession As a Legitimate
... the singular house. In the future, however, the nation’s response may very well be to construct a second house.4 If there again comes such a dire circumstance that it forces a choice between the two solutions, the latter should be threshed out thoroughly and given a serious look. The Civil War took ...
... the singular house. In the future, however, the nation’s response may very well be to construct a second house.4 If there again comes such a dire circumstance that it forces a choice between the two solutions, the latter should be threshed out thoroughly and given a serious look. The Civil War took ...
LINCOLN AS COMMANDER-IN
... the uneasy status quo that had existed for the previous two months would be allowed to continue. Who said Lincoln was not cunning – the consummate politician! It was to become a stand-off situation with whoever blinked first being the loser! On April 8, the Confederate Secretary of War advised Gener ...
... the uneasy status quo that had existed for the previous two months would be allowed to continue. Who said Lincoln was not cunning – the consummate politician! It was to become a stand-off situation with whoever blinked first being the loser! On April 8, the Confederate Secretary of War advised Gener ...
A State of Convenience - West Virginia Division of Culture and History
... From the Clarksburg Guard, Extra At a large and enthusiastic meeting of from 1,000 to 1,200 of the citizens of Harrison county, assembled at the Court House upon a notice of forty-eight hours, on Monday, April 22, 1861, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted without one dissenting voice ...
... From the Clarksburg Guard, Extra At a large and enthusiastic meeting of from 1,000 to 1,200 of the citizens of Harrison county, assembled at the Court House upon a notice of forty-eight hours, on Monday, April 22, 1861, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted without one dissenting voice ...