Andrew Johnson’s Final “State of the Union” Analyzes the Problems of Reconstruction Dec. 1868
On December 9, 1868, President Andrew Johnson delivered his fourth and final “Annual Message” to Congress. We now call this the State of the Union….
The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America by William G. Thomas
The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America by William G. Thomas published by Yale University Press (2011) $22.00 Paperback $15.99…
The Suffering of Immigrants in North Carolina December 1868
Many Southern states made attempts to encourage immigration to replace Black labor lost through the end of slavery. While some European and Chinese immigrants did…
“…our friend is dead. He was foully murdered by the Ku-Klux ” A Klan Killing of a Carolina State Senator
This letter was sent from Albion Tourgee to Gen. Joseph Abott reporting a killing of a Republican legislator in North Carolina in the Spring of…
May 1865: African American Community in New Orleans Celebrates the First Anniversary of Its School for Black Children
The celebration of a year of learning by the emancipated Black children of New Orleans. Reconstruction began in New Orleans three years earlier than in…
White Immigrants Needed to Replace the Dying Black Race Alabama January 1869
After Emancipation, one of the continuing dreams of many white Southerners was that the “Black race” would die out or be exterminated. In this editorial,…
Ku Klux Kard Game January 1869
By the end of 1868 the Ku Klux Klan, unknown just a few years earlier, was so widespread in the South that its name was…
The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates by Edward Pollard
The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates by Edward Pollard (1866). Available Free Here. The Lost Cause by Edward Pollard is a…
Fr. Ryan, “Poet Priest of the South,” Denounces “Richmond Irish Radical Republicans” Sept 1868
Fr. Abram Joseph Ryan was one of the most visible Catholic priests in the South. A firm Confederate, he served as an army chaplain. After…
When Lost Causers Drink from the Devil’s Punchbowl They Are All Wet
When I am online writing about the treatment of African Americans during Reconstruction, I often encounter Lost Cause advocates who respond to documentation about Klan…