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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago
fake news?
I admit I’ve been sitting on this story. When I was reading newspapers a few weeks ago at the Library of Congress, I was quite shocked by an article that seemed to contradict a rock-solid assumption I’ve held for over … Continue reading
Death of a Union Man
Early on the morning of July 31, 1875 former president and U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson died at his daughter Mary’s home after suffering a couple strokes. An editorial in the August 1, 1875 issue of The Chicago Daily Tribune (Page … Continue reading
twists of fate
It’s been about fifteen years since the American Civil War sesquicentennial began with the 1860 election campaign. After Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. president, southern states began to secede and by April 1861 rebel forces were threatening Union-held Fort Sumter … Continue reading
banditti busters?
Louisiana’s political affairs were still unsettled in the aftermath of the September 1874 Battle of Liberty Place, in which the white supremacist White League began an insurrection to take control of the state government. At that time federal troops put … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Postbellum Politics, Reconstruction, The Grant Administration
Tagged Grant Administration, Louis Alfred Wiltz, Philip Sheridan, Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, William Almon Wheeler, William Pitt Kellogg, William Tecumseh Sherman, William Worth Belknap
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It’s over –
– Reconstruction in Alabama Overall, the 1874 United States elections were a boon to the Democratic Party, especially in the House of Representatives where Republicans lost 92 seats and the Democrats gained a dominant majority: “The Panic of 1873, a … Continue reading
rebirth again
________________________________________________________ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem that seems pertinent. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR Yes, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by … Continue reading
The death of Gerrit Smith
The well-known abolitionist Gerrit Smith died on December 28, 1874. Harper’s Weekly published a eulogy and brief biography in its January 16, 1875 issue: GERRIT SMITH. THE active antislavery movement in this country began forty years ago, and it is … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, 150 Years Ago This Week
Tagged abolition, abolitionists, American Bible Society, American Peace Society, Azel Backus, Dahomey, Gerrit Smith, Hamilton College, John Cochrane (politician), John Jacob Astor, Peterborough (New York), Sunday School Union, William Lloyd Garrison
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technoween
According to the Library of Congress, the above picture was created/published in 1909 or 1910. Since the Wright brothers’ first 59 second flight at Kitty Hawk occurred in December 1903, I’d call that witch an early adopter, at least by … Continue reading
“feeling of friendly union”
According to a northern newspaper 150 years ago, that year’s Memorial Day was going to be more inclusive – Confederate dead would be honored along with those who fought for the Union. The paper saw a similar spirit in a … Continue reading
