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Category Archives: 160 Years Ago
Thanksgiving, federal style
When the Civil War started, Thanksgiving was not a national holiday. There seemed to be a tradition of Thanksgiving with turkey in November. Sometimes states (and possibly also localities) declared Thanksgiving Days for a variety of reasons. According to Pilgrim … Continue reading
Posted in 160 Years Ago, American History, American Society
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American War of Independence, Artemas Ward, Articles of Confederation, Fisk University, Henry Laurens, Meharry Medical College, Nashville Tennessee, Richard Henry Boyd, State Rights, Thanksgiving, The Nashville Globe
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still salient
Thirty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles’ management of the Third Corps on the second day of the battle was still controversial. From the August 24, 1893 issue of The National Tribune: THIS country is fortunate … Continue reading
temple tussle
The day before the 1860 U.S. presidential election the governor of South Carolina advised secession in the event of Abraham Lincoln’s probable victory. Thanks to the telegraph, that news got up North very quickly. On Election Day, November 6, 1860, … Continue reading
Posted in 160 Years Ago, Secession and the Interregnum, Slavery, The election of 1860
Tagged abolitionists, Boston, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Douglass, James Redpath, John Brown, John Sella Martin, Nathan Hale, Robert E. Lee, Storer College, Tremont Temple, William Fisher Packer, William Jasper, William Lloyd Garrison
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minority majority president
160 years ago four different candidates divvied up the votes in the United States presidential election. Republican party candidate Abraham Lincoln won a plurality (about 40%) of the popular vote on November 6, 1860, but under the United States Constitution’s … Continue reading
