Tag Archives: Dixie

Taunted in Toronto

Apparently some Union soldiers are on leave in Canada – and getting razzed by a few Torontans. From The New-York Times December 15, 1861: HOW AMERICANS ARE TREATED IN TORONTO. The following characteristic article appears in the Toronto Leader: “An … Continue reading

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Oh, Those Were the Days!

Miss Claudine Rhett describes the glorious autumn of 1860 in Charleston, leading up to South Carolina’s declaration of independence. I was In Charleston all through the autumn and winter of 1860-61, when so much agitation preceded secession. The very air … 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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“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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Minute Men Proselytize Memphis

I’ve been learning how political groups were formed during the highly contentious election of 1860. Wide-Awakes for Lincoln; Little Giants for Douglas. Recently I posted an excerpt from The New-York Times. that described South Carolina’s Minute Men, who organized to … Continue reading

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