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President Johnson Explains Why He Suspended Sec. of War Stanton Setting Off Constitutional Crisis Dec. 1867
On August 12, 1867, President Andrew Johnson suspended Sec. of War Edwin Stanton. This began a chain of events that would culminate in Johnson’s impeachment….
A Close Look at Thomas Nast’s Cartoon “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” 1869 Immigrants Welcome Here?
One of Thomas Nast’s most reproduced cartoons is his 1869 Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner depicting a new America at the dinner table. While an 1860 version of…
The Assault on Civil Rights and Andy Johnson’s Vetoes: Background to the Johnson Impeachment
High school history class in my youth portrayed the Johnson Impeachment as stemming from petulant Congressional Radicals enraged at the president because he removed Secretary…
Andrew Johnson Roiled Washington With Christmas Tweets in 1868
Recently rediscovered Tweets by President Andrew Johnson have forced historians to reconsider his presidency and his use of social media technology. These were making the…
General Frank Blair Warns That “Negro Suffrage” Leads to “Adulteration of Our Anglo-Saxon Race”
Frank Blair was a leading member of the prominent Blair Family. Before the war he was a Free-Soil Democrat. During the war he was a…
“Who wrote women out of Civil War history?” An Essay by Brenda Wineapple
Brenda Wineapple has an interesting essay in The New Republic on why historians long ignored the roles of women in the American Civil War. As…
Comedian Adam Conover Interviews Christy Coleman of the American Civil War Museum on Reconstruction
The latest episode of FACTUALLY! hosted by comedian Adam Conover is an interview with Christy Coleman of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond. They…
Ford’s Theater Helps Educators Teach About Reconstruction and the Civil War
Education Week has an interesting article on how teachers are preparing for back-to-school discussions in class on the Civil War and Reconstruction. The article looks…
Remembering Racist Historian of Reconstruction William Dunning at His Columbia University Alma Mater
William Dunning was a Columbia Man. He was an undergrad, a graduate student, and a professor there, after having been expelled from Dartmouth as a…
New Play on the 14th Amendment at National Constitution Center in Philly
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia commissioned a one act play about the 14th Amendment. The half hour play is presented in conjunction with its…