One hundred fifty years ago today the Ripley (OH) Bee reported that three families from central North Carolina had recently passed through Ripley, Ohio on their way to Indiana. These families, as the Bee explained, “were escaping from the reign of terror” that existed in the South. The families’ “joy over their deliverance from the […]
20
Jun
11
“Fugitives from Oppression”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic Periodicalsno comment
16
Jun
11
“The Barbarians at Harper’s Ferry”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic Periodicals, ImagesOne hundred fifty years ago today the New York Times reported that Confederate forces had retreated from Harpers Ferry to Manassas, Virginia. Harpers Ferry, which was home to a federal arsenal and the target of abolitionist John Brown’s raid in October 1859, “[was] not a position to hold against a powerful enemy.” Instead, as the […]
13
Jun
11
“Revival of the Sedition Law”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic PeriodicalsOne hundred fifty years ago today the Fayetteville (NC) Observer published excerpts from the New York Commercial Advertiser and Richmond (VA) Dispatch to show how “it [was] criminal now again… to speak [ill] of” President Abraham Lincoln in northern states. As the Commercial Advertiser explained, a merchant had been arrested in New York City for […]
