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Category Archives: Aftermath
“earnest and fearless”
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during most of the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson administrations, died on December 24, 1869. Funeral services were held 150 years ago today in Washington, D.C. Harper’s Weekly eulogized him in its January 8, … Continue reading
Christmas Wonder
Way back in its August 14, 1869 issue, Harper’s Weekly profiled a famous American man of letters: HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Now that LONGFELLOW — the most popular of American poets — is in England, the question is naturally asked, What … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, American Culture
Tagged "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", Charles A. Beard, Charles Appleton Longfellow, Christmas, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emma Goldman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mary Hansen, Mary Ritter Beard, Mine Run Campaign, New York Foundling Hospital, Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon
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“soil is trod by none but freemen”
In his first year as Commander-in-Chief, President Ulysses S. Grant followed the tradition begun by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 by calling for a national day of Thanksgiving on a Thursday in November. The new president opted for a slightly earlier … Continue reading
so much service everywhere
John Ellis Wool, 85, died at his home in Troy, New York on November 10, 1869. Major-General Wool was a veteran of three major North American wars. After volunteering for the War of 1812 he made the U.S. Army his … Continue reading
death of a wagon master
Right from the get-go there were issues with President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet. Six months later there was another problem – Grant’s trusted aide, confidant, and Secretary of War, John A. Rawlins died after a long bout with tuberculosis. From … Continue reading
going way back
150 years ago Harper’s Weekly noticed some Civil War-related items that were associated with earlier times in American history. From its August 23, 1869 issue: THE AMERICAN TRIUMVIRATE. A MEDALLION has been recently published by W. MILLER & Co., Artists … Continue reading
Bullets Met at Gettysburg
On the sixth anniversary of Day 1 of the Battle of Gettysburg a monument in the National Cemetery on the battlefield was dedicated. The Soldiers’ National Monument hadn’t been quite completed, but a reported 15,000 people showed up for the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Battle Monuments, Battlefields, Civil War Cemeteries, Monuments and Statues, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Gettysburg, Bayard Taylor, Carrara marble, Civil War Monuments, George Gordon Meade, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Henry Ward Beecher, James Goodwin Batterson, Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, Theodore R. Davis
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“Summer of Peace”
150 years ago this week a National Peace Jubilee was held in Boston, Massachusetts at the Coliseum, a temporary structure built especially for the Jubilee. In its May 22, 1869 issue Harper’s Weekly anticipated the big event: THE NATIONAL PEACE … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Boston, Carl Zerahn, Eben Tourjée, National Peace Jubilee, National Peace Jubilee 1869, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Sri Swami Satchidananda, Susan J. Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodstock 1969
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a patriotic peace
This year I’m reading a book published in 1945. In this morning’s selection author Daniel Russell wondered if war was ever worth it. World War I showed that “[t]here is small place for flags and bugles.” He reviewed the horrors … Continue reading
Posted in Aftermath, American History, American Society
Tagged Flag Day, Ulysses S. Grant
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