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Tag Archives: Philip Sheridan
resolutions galore
150 years ago today a Chicago editorial looked at the year just past and saw the terrible destruction of the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 as a source of hope for the coming year – citizens had a great … Continue reading
“Chicago will not succumb”
I never knew much about the devastating 19th century Chicago fire, except that it seemed to have something to do with a Mrs. O’Leary and her cow. As I realized the fire was getting nearer, at least in sesquicentennial time, … Continue reading
feeding frenzy
You could say it’s a (very brief) tale of five Union generals. When Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States in March 1869 he promoted his friend William T. Sherman to be the Commanding General of the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, Postbellum Society
Tagged American Indians, Ely Samuel Parker, George Armstrong Custer, Indian War, James Longstreet, John McAllister Schofield, Native Americans, Philip Sheridan, robert e, Robert E. Lee, Surrender at Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman
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scalped
From the January 16, 1869 issue of Harper’s Weekly (pages 41-42): THE INDIAN WAR. THE Indian Peace Commission of 1867 accomplished greater harm than benefit. Treaties were entered into with The Cheyennes, Arrapahoes, Kiowas, Comanches, and at the recommendation of … Continue reading
Custer vs. Black Kettle
From the December 19, 1868 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE INDIAN WAR. GENERAL SHERIDAN has conceived a plan of Indian warfare which will yield substantial results. General SHERMAN’S report to the War Department from St. Louis, on the 2d instant, … Continue reading
leaving New Orleans
On August 12th President Andrew Johnson suspended Edwin M. Stanton and named General U.S. Grant as acting Secretary of War. 150 years ago today the president ordered the general to make some changes. Philip Sheridan was to be removed from … Continue reading
summer schooled
During the mid-nineteenth century the United States Congress was not in session as much as it is today. In general, Congress did not meet from March until the following December. 1867 was a different kind of year. In March legislation … Continue reading
deposed by the feds
In mid-March 1867 General Philip Sheridan was appointed to command one of the five military districts that Congress created in the South. His Fifth District was made up of Texas and Louisiana. By the end of the month he had … 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
standing pat
150 years ago this week President Andrew Johnson delivered his second annual message to Congress. Despite the overwhelming Republican victory in Northern states in the 1866 midterm elections, President Johnson did not alter his position: Southern states should be readmitted … Continue reading
