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American History Commentary

John McNeer March 2, 2018January 9, 2023 5 Comments #richmond, #virginia, American History, cavalry, Civil War, Commentary, Confederacy, Confederate, Dahlgren Papers, Dahlgren's Raid, Edwin Stanton, Federal, Jefferson Davs, John Dahlgren, Judson Kilpatrick, Overland Campaign, Richmond Virginia, River Road, Ulric Dahlgren, Union, Union Cavalry, US History, War Between the States

Dahlgren’s 1864 Raid on Richmond Generates an Ongoing Controversy

As 1864 dawned, the Confederacy found itself in dire straits. Robert E. Lee had lost the Battle of Gettysburg

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War