Tag Archives: Robert Ward Johnson

spreading the news

As the American Civil War ended, federal troops took control of Galveston, Texas. On June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger used a military order to announce that more than two years earlier President Abraham freed the slaves in Texas and … Continue reading

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Ensconsed at the Astor House

As the Civil War Daily Gazette has reported Vice President Elect Hannibal Hamlin and his wife finally made it to New York City where Hamlin pinch-hit for Lincoln by giving a quick speech from a window at the Astor House … Continue reading

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