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General Butler for Congress

About a week after a similar gathering in Cleveland a Soldiers and Sailors Convention met in Pittsburgh on September 25 and 26, 1866. Unlike the Cleveland meeting the Pittsburgh convention was strongly pro-Congress and anti-President Johnson. According to the September … Continue reading

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“not entire cordiality”

It was more of the same 150 years ago today as President Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle rode the rails from Columbus, Ohio to Pittsburgh. According to the September 14, 1866 issue of The New-York Times the tour met … Continue reading

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