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Tag Archives: Ulysses S. Grant
no more rebels to fight
So far I haven’t noticed a letter from General William T. Sherman endorsing President Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction policy being published just before the 1866 elections in New York for its bombshell affect, but according to reports the general openly supported … Continue reading
October surprise?
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in October 1866: Gen. Sherman Endorses the President. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, speaks of this distinguished General: “I am informed that General Sherman has made a second surrender to … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged 1866 Elections, Andrew Johnson, Fourteenth Amendment U.S. Constitution, impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Presidential Reconstruction, Reconstruction, Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, William Tecumseh Sherman
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straggling home
150 years ago today President Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle tour concluded. According to the September 16, 1866 issue of the The New-York Times crowds in York Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Washington were mostly supportive with no reported heckling. From … Continue reading
Johnstown calamity
Could it get any worse? 150 years ago today Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle tour rolled on from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg, PA. According to the September 15, 1866 issue of The New-York Times the crowds were generally enthusiastic along … Continue reading
polite disagreement
150 years ago Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle was rolling and floating along. Unlike Cleveland and St. Louis, President Johnson didn’t care to make a stand against the hecklers who confronted him in Indianapolis on September 10th. As some … Continue reading
“A Terbulent Crowd”
150 years ago today Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle tour rode the rails from St. Louis to Indianapolis. According to the September 11, 1866 issue of The New-York Times crowds were enthusiastic and polite along the way, especially enthusiastic … Continue reading
Pancho and Black Jack
As Walter Stahr explains in his biography of William H. Seward, after the American Civil War ended, famous Union generals were eager to invade Mexico and drive the French and Maximilian I out of North America. Ulysses S. Grant “was … Continue reading
misguided tour?
In a review of a Northern periodical the Richmond Daily Dispatch of December 23, 1865 said visiting yankees ought to be wary of trusting too much in their tour guides: Periodicals. –The January number of the Atlantic Monthly is upon … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Battlefields
Tagged Battle of the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant
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General Grant reports
150 years ago this week reports by President Johnson and General Grant on the condition of the South were published. From The New-York Times December 20, 1865: THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS; Important Message from the President on Reconstruction. He Favors the … Continue reading
