Month: January 2020
Gen. Robert Toombs: Reconstruction Is “Subjection of the Caucasian to the African and the Scalawag” Sept. 1868
Robert Toombs was an important political and military leader of the Confederacy. A pre-war Whig, he became a Democrat. Here is a report on a…
The Sergeant-at-Arms Called Out Three Times for Andrew Johnson-The Impeachment Trial Begins
On March 13, 1868 the trial of Andrew Johnson formally opened in the Senate. The Sergeant at Arms called out the name of the accused…
Nick Sacco Discusses Using Cartoons to Explore Reconstruction History
Our friend Nick Sacco has an interesting article up today at the blog of the Journal of the Civil War Era. Nick says that American…
It Appears that Kevin Levin is Setting the Agenda for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Sending them Searching for Black Confederates
Question: Why did the Confederacy lose the war? Answer: Too many flag bearers, too few muskets. Historian Kevin Levin appears to be setting the agenda…
Setting the Rules for the First-Ever Senate Presidential Impeachment Trial Amid Multiple Conflicts of Interest
No one knew in 1868 what a Senate Impeachment TrialĀ should look like. There had been no witnesses examined by the House before it voted…
Museum of the Cape Fear to Hold “Civil War and Reconstruction Quiz Bowl”
North Carolina’s Museum of the Cape Fear has been hosting a “Civil War Quiz Bowl” for seventeen years, but last year it was renamed the…
Kate Masur & Greg Downs Named Co-Editors of Journal of the Civil War Era
The respected Journal of the Civil War Era has announced the appointment of new co-editors for the journal. The two, Greg Downs and Kate Masur…
“The President Had No Friends” On His Way to Senate Impeachment Trial
In the 1860s, Harpers was the most influential weekly newspaper in the country. It was allied with the Republican Party and would back Grant for…
Tourism Up at Andy Johnson Home in Response to Current Impeachment Crisis
The current impeachment crisis has been good for tourism to the home of the first president ever impeached, Andrew Johnson. You can listen to NPR’s…
March 4, 1868 the House of Representatives Serves the Johnson Articles of Impeachment on the Senate
Illustration Above: Members of the House of Representatives walking as a group to the Senate for the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson March 4, 1868 after…
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