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Tag Archives: Edward Alfred Pollard
Lost in Lexington
According to documentation at the Library of Congress, Washington College in Lexington, Virginia held commencement exercises on June 18, 1868. A northern newspaper was disgruntled by a report from an unnamed source about some activities (toasts) during an alumni supper … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Southern Society
Tagged Edward Alfred Pollard, James Alexander Walker, Japan, John Adams Dix, Meiji Restoration, Robert E. Lee, The Lost Cause, Wade Hampton III, Washington College (Lexington VA), World War I
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bravely
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 18, 1865: Saturday Morning…march 18, 1865. The news. As regards military matters, there is no news. All is quiet at Petersburg and in front of Richmond. The enlistment of negroes in Richmond goes bravely … Continue reading
two nations
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 7, 1864: In Press, and will be out in a few days, the two Nations: a Key to the History of the American War. by the author of the first and second years of … Continue reading
Must Read Literature
(Apparently some issues digitizing the following, but I think the main ideas come through.) From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 19, 1861: Southern literature. We learn that the new book–The Southern Spy–by Mr. E. A. Pollard, lately published by Messrs. … Continue reading
