Month: December 2019
New Yorker’s David Remnick Interviews Greta Gerwig on “Little Women” Film
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” will be in theaters next week. Gerwig was interviewed recently by New Yorker editor David Remnick. She told him…
Feb. 24, 1868 House of Representatives Votes to Impeach Andrew Johnson
On February 24, 1868 the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 in favor of impeaching President Andrew Johnson with 17 abstentions. Johnson had antagonized…
Book Review: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868 and 1869). How can you review a book on its 150th anniversary that 90% of your female…
Book Review: Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains By Steven E. Nash
Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains By Steven E. Nash Published by University of North Carolina Press (2016) $39.95…
Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian of Civil War and Reconstruction William S. McFeely Passes Away
William S. McFeely was a major influence on the reevaluation of the Reconstruction Era in the 1970s and 1980s. McFeely wrote widely read biographies of…
After He Was Fired By Johnson, Stanton Stayed in Office While His Replacement Was Arrested
After War Secretary Stanton was fired by President Johnson on Feb. 21, 1868, he decided to follow Congressman Thad Steven’s advice. The very ill Radical…
Feb. 21, 1868 Pres. Johnson Fires Sec. of War Stanton Setting Off Impeachment Crisis
On February 21, 1868, President Andrew Johnson removed Edwin Stanton from office as the Secretary of War in violation of the Tenure of Office Act….
January 13 1868 The Senate Refuses Consent to Johnson’s Removal of War Sec. Stanton
In 1867 Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act which required the president to seek the consent of the Senate prior to dismissing any government…
Newly Digitalized Civil War and Reconstruction Era Newspapers from Georgia Available Free OnLine
On December 11, 2019 the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia announced that it had just completed the digitalization of 100,000 pages…
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs published by Oxford University Press (2012) Hardcover $33.95, Paper $23.95,…
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