Book Review: Delivered Under Fire: Absalom Markland and Freedom’s Mail
by Frank W. Garmon Jr.Book Review: Delivered Under Fire: Absalom Markland and Freedom’s Mail by Candice Shy Hooper Review by Frank W. Garmon Jr. Although Absalom H. Markland is an unknown figure in the twenty-first century, his life intersected with many of the leading characters of the Civil War era. As a special agent for the Post Office Department, […]
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln and “the Most Dangerous Man” in Baltimore
by Sean A. ScottAbraham Lincoln and “the Most Dangerous Man” in Baltimore Sean A. Scott Francis Lister Hawks was a distinguished clergyman and man of letters whose southern sympathies during the Civil War brought him to the attention of Abraham Lincoln. Born in 1798 in Newbern, North Carolina, Hawks graduated from the University of North Carolina in […]
Read MoreFrom the Collection: German-Americans in the Civil War Era
by Jessie Cortesi, Kayla GustafsonFrom the Collection: German-Americans in the Civil War Era Kayla Gustafson and Jessie Cortesi In honor of German-American Heritage Month in October, librarians at the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research launched a new digital exhibit on lincolncollection.org highlighting items in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection related to German-Americans from the Civil War period. From 1845 […]
Read MoreLINCOLN, DOUGLASS, & THE POLITICS OF RACE
by Edna Greene MedfordLINCOLN, DOUGLASS, & THE POLITICS OF RACE EDNA GREENE MEDFORD A few weeks before the 1864 presidential election, Frederick Douglass penned a letter to Theodore Tilton, an abolitionist and the editor of The Independent, a New York newspaper. Referring to the impending election, Douglass wrote: “To all appearance [the Republicans] have been more ashamed […]
Read MoreNot-So-Final Resting Places: Grave Reflections on the Historical Reputation of Elizabeth Keckly
by Michelle A. KrowlNot-So-Final Resting Places: Grave Reflections on the Historical Reputation of Elizabeth Keckly By Michelle A. Krowl “To look upon a grave, and not feel certain whose ashes repose beneath the sod, is painful, and the doubt which mystifies you, weakens the force, if not the purity, of the love-offering from the heart.” This is […]
Read MoreThe Unhappy Fate of Fitz John Porter
by Allen C. GuelzoThe Unhappy Fate of Fitz John Porter By Allen Guelzo The American Civil War was a political war. That should not matter hugely to those of us who study the art of command in the war, since it is one of the basic tenets of the American system of governance that the military remains in […]
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