Disunion! Civil War is Proclaimed! (2 Viewers)

[jazzeum]

I've recently come across a series that The New York Times has been running on the Civil War, day by day since October 31, treating the Civil War, beginning with the days preceding the election of Abraham Lincoln, as it was current news. The series is called Disunion and I've given the link from when the series first started. The latest entry is today.

Here is a link to an article written by Tony Horowitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, when the Disunion series first started, as to why after 150 years, the Civil War "still claims our attention and remembrance."

Each entry has a fair number of comments, which I generally skip over, that show the interest this series has generated.

Great series done by the Times!

 

[jazzeum]

Here are today's dispatches: General Scott's reaction to Major Anderson occupying Fort Sumter and Secretary of War Floyd's communiques to Major Anderson; and William Lloyd Garrison welcoming South Carolina's seccesion from the Union.

 

[jazzeum]

Yesterday's article was about the opposition to secession in Northwestern Virginia and the formation of West Virginia.

It also included a comment from a well-known historian, Daniel Crofts, who has written Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis, available from amazon.

 

[PolarBear]

Brad

Thank you these are great!

Randy

 

[jazzeum]

Randy,

I'm glad you're enjoying them. I can't wait for the next day's events in 1860/1861 to be posted.

I don't know if you've gotten to this one yet regarding the 1860 census, the last one taken of the Slave population, but it's fascinating.

 

[jazzeum]

Today's entry, December 27, 1860 to January 3, 1861, discusses Major Robert Anderson's decision to move from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter and the discussions/debates within the Buchanan cabinet regarding the move.

 

[jazzeum]

Here's today's entry from January 9, 1861 about the aborted expedition of the Star of the West (with troops and supplies) to resupply Fort Sumter.

 

[jazzeum]

Today is the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's inaugural and the Disunion section has four articles on the inaugural speech. See here.

 

[jazzeum]

April 13, 1861 in Disunion. Author Tom Chaffin writes about Walt Whitman as he lived when the attack on Fort Sumpter came.

The article can be accessed here.

 

[Rethymno]

Thanks Brad - I'm enjoying these.

 

[jazzeum]

It's great stuff and it's getting a lot of notice in academic circles. You also have some top historians writing for the series.

 

[jazzeum]

April 13, 1861. The North and the President react to the news of the bombardment of Fort Sumpter.

The article can be accessed here.

 

[jazzeum]

April 14, 1861. Surrender (and evacuation). Adam Goodheart (whose book on the Civil War, The Great Awakening has just come out) takes a look at the surrender, and eventual recovery on April 14, 1865.

The article can be accessed here.

 

[jazzeum]

April 15, 1861. Lincoln calls for volunteers and the nation responds. Article by Adam Goodheart. It can be accessed here.

April 15, 1861. Lincoln Declares War. Lincoln's Proclamation of War, by Ted Widmer (Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library of Brown University). The article shows an image of the actual draft of the Proclamation that Lincoln drafted, with all his edits.

The article can be accessed here.

 

[Rutledge]

April 13, 1861. The North and the President react to the news of the bombardment of Fort Sumpter.

The article can be accessed here.

Im sure you mean Fort Sumter.

FYI, I have relatives living in/on South Battery, Rainbow Row and King St.(all "SOB" or considered downtown Charleston). I do not have any living on Rutledge Ave., but draw your own conclusions.

 

[jazzeum]

April 16, 1861. Great little article about Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a radical abolitionist and Harvard-educate minister from Worcester who wanted a war against slavery but would not take up a commission until the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and he was picked to lead a regiment of former slaves.

The article, An American Romantic Goes to War, can be accessed here.

 

[jazzeum]

April 17, 1861. Former Governor Henry Wise convinces the Virginia Convention to vote for seccession. It's an excellent analysis of the issues facing the middle South states following Lincoln's call for troops. Written by William Freehling, author of the Road to Disunion.

The article can be accessed here.

 

[Jay]

April 17, 1861. Former Governor Henry Wise convinces the Virginia Convention to vote for seccession. It's an excellent analysis of the issues facing the middle South states following Lincoln's call for troops. Written by William Freehling, author of the Road to Disunion.

The article can be accessed here.

These are interesting. They are intelligent, well written pieces. Please keep posting the link to them.

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks Jay. I'm glad a few people noticed :smile2:

Many of the articles are written by the top experts in the field.

 

[jazzeum]

I would like this thread to be more informational than anything else so how this doesn't turn into one of those argumentative threads that then has to be moderated.

I would suggest that discussion as to motivation, etc. be confined to the Myths or some other thread.

I've picked up the Gallagher book but haven't had a chance to really wade into it yet.