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Tag Archives: John Pope
sitting it out
150 years ago Georgia conducted a five day election to determine if a state constitutional convention should be held, and, if so, who would be sent as delegates. Evidently many white conservatives didn’t vote. Here’s an early report from Savannah, … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Southern Society
Tagged Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, carpetbaggers, John Pope, Reconstruction, Reconstruction state constitutional conventions, Savannah Georgia, scalawags, Third Military District (Reconstruction)
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southern radical Republicans
Mobilized in Mobile From The New-York Times May 4, 1867: Colored Convention in Mobile. MOBILE, Ala., Friday, May 3. A colored mass convention of the State has been in session here for two days, and adjourned to day. The delegates … Continue reading
the five commandants
Pursuant to the first Reconstruction Act enacted in early March 1867, President Andrew Johnson was required to appoint a district commander for each of the five military districts that divided up the South. On March 11th the president appointed Generals … Continue reading
Denouement: The Final Vacillation?
Wrapping It Up With The Old Public Functionary The Procession to the Inauguration 150 years ago today the Lincoln administration was taking over in Washington, D.C. Here’s a bit more about outgoing President James Buchanan from The New-York Times March … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, John Pope, Lincoln's Inaugural
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Presidential Decisiveness in the Waning Days
Court-martial Pope! As one of his last acts as Commander-in-Chief, James Buchanan decided to court-martial Captain John Pope for insubordinate remarks he made during a lecture in Cincinnati. In an editorial on the subject The New-York Times agrees that it … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Secession and the Interregnum
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, John Pope
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