Month: January 2020
After Both Sides Presented Their Cases For and Against Impeachment the Senate Went Into Secret Session
After the closing arguments by the president’s defense team and the House Managers prosecuting the case, the long-silent Senators had their say. Each of the…
New Yorker Reviews a New History of an Old Slave Revolt and How It Helped End the International Slave Trade
The New Yorker has an interesting review by Casey Cep of a new book on a slave revolt in Jamaica called Tacky’s Revolt. According to…
When John Bingham Gave His Impeachment Trial Closing Statement the Audience Burst into Applause
After the evidentiary phase of the Senate Trial of Andrew Johnson was concluded, counsel for both sides were allowed a lot of time to present…
Teaching the Civil War Using the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
The blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era is called Muster and it often has interesting posts from scholars of the Civil War…
Thad Stevens Too Sick to Deliver His Whole Closing Argument In Impeachment Trial Is Relieved by Ben Butler
April 27, 1868 saw the final speech of Thad Stevens calling for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. The dying Steven was unable to finish his…
Mark Twain: Thad Stevens Was “A Corpse that was Ready for the Shroud” When He Spoke for the Impeachment of Pres. Johnson
Mark Twain was among the writers covering the Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson. Twain was not engaged in strict reportage, but he hoped to give…
Was Andrew Johnson Acquitted Because a Senator Was Bribed?
Almost as soon as President Andrew Johnson was acquitted by one vote in his Senate trial for impeachment, accusations were leveled that Johnson’s minions bribed…
Preserving the Places Where African American History Happened
The New Yorker has a fascinating article on the effort to preserve historic sites where African Americans lived, worked, and struggled for freedom. For decades…
April 21, 1868 A Southern Newspaper Assesses the Evidentiary Phase of the Johnson Impeachment Trial
President Johnson’s defense rested on April 18, 1868. As the two legal teams prepared their closing statements, newspapers around the country weighed in with their…
The Fight Over Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States Says Annette Gordon-Reed
Smithsonian has an interesting article by National Book Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. You can read the article here. From…
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