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Showing posts with label Civil Rights Act of 1866. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Rights Act of 1866. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Diary of Gideon Welles, Friday, July 6, 1866

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Went down to the Capes of the Chesapeake on Tuesday, and remained at Hampton Roads and in the Chesapeake Bay, not returning until this morni...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, April 18, 1866

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The President was to have sent me word when he would see Captain McKinstry, but, having failed to do so, I called on him to-day and he appoi...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, April 5, 1866

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The Senate did not get to a vote today on what is called the Civil Rights Bill. Much interest is felt in the result, increased by the uncert...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, April 6, 1866

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The decision of the Supreme Court in the Indiana cases Milligan, Bolles, and others was discussed. Attorney-General Speed could not state ex...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 7, 1866

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Senator Doolittle informs me that, had Morgan held true, Dixon would, though still quite sick, have gone to the Senate, and the veto would h...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, April 10, 1866

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Though not well to-day nor for several days past, I went to Department and to Cabinet meeting. Quite a discussion on the Mexican question. S...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, March 23, 1866

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Special notice from the President that there would be no Cabinet-meeting. Called upon him this P.M. and gave him, generally, my views in reg...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, March 26, 1866

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Senator Doolittle called at my house last evening on the subject of the Civil Rights Bill, which it is now well understood, outside, will me...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, July 8, 1866

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UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, July 8, 1866. Dear Brother: It is now wise for you to avoid all expressions of political opinion. ...

Senator John Sherman to Lieutenant-General William T. Sherman, October 26, 1866

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MANSFIELD, Oct. 26, 1866. Dear Brother: Your letter of the 20th has been received. I thought, and was glad to hear, that you had a charmin...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, April 12, 1866

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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12, 1866. DEAR MOTHER:— The appearance of things here has improved decidedly since the passage of the Civil Right...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, April 23, 1866

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[April 23, 1866] Dear Brother: So little attention is paid to Wade Hampton's gasconade, that I do not think it worth while to give it ...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 4, 1866

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WASHINGTON, D. C. March 4, 1866. MY DEAR UNCLE:— We are still not clear as to the chances of harmony with the President. He no doubt diffe...

Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, March 22, 1866

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WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 1866. MY DARLING:— I am happy in getting yours of the 18th this morning. Mr. Blow of St. Louis had a small fu...

Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, March 29, 1866

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WASHINGTON, [March] 29, 1866. DARLING:— . . . A. J. [the President] getting into a bad row of stumps; not in the bosom of his family any l...
Friday, March 3, 2023

Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, April 8, 1866

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WASHINGTON, April 8, 1866. MY DEAR DARLING:— The last week is the only one since you left that you would have enjoyed here particularly. T...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

In The Review Queue: The Greatest and the Grandest Act

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The Greatest and the Grandest Act: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 from Reconstruction to Today Editied by Christian G. Samito I...