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Showing posts with label The Negro Question. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Negro Question. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Diary of Corporal John Worrell Northrop: Saturday, May 7, 1864

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At 1 o'clock last night we were aroused by guards shouting "Get out o'har, you'uns, in five minutes to take ca's for Ri...
Saturday, March 11, 2023

William T. Sherman to David F. Boyd, April 4, 1861

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OFFICE ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, St. Louis, April 4 ,  1861 . MY DEAR FRIEND: I promised you all to keep you advised of my whereabouts t...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Salmon P. Chase, January 11, 1865

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HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                  In the Field, Savannah Jan 11 1865 Hon S. P. Chase. Washington D...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Gerrit Smith: The News From England, January 3, 1862

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Alas! that this news should find us still embarrassed, and still diddling with the negro question!   Alas! That we should still have one wa...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

William T. Sherman to George Mason Graham, Friday Night, Jan. 13, 1860

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Seminary , Friday Night, Jan. 13, 1860. Dear General : . . . We are getting along well enough. On Monday next a week, I will order brea...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: June 19, 1862

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Rienzi, Tishomingo Co., Miss., June 19, 1862. This is one of the few days that remind one of Illinois, although there are very few nigh...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Major Wilder Dwight: Monday Night, December 2, 1861

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camp Near Seneca , December 2, 1861, Monday Night. There is no reason why I should write, except that Colonel Andrews is going, and c...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Negro Question

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The Chicago Times , Cincinnati Enquirer , and Missouri Republican are the three leading pro-slavery journals at the West, and it is from t...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, September 3, 1862

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MEMPHIS, Sept. 3, 1862. Dear Brother: It is easy to say “thou shalt not steal,” but to stop stealing puzzles the brains of hundreds...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, August 24, 1862

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MANSFIELD, OHIO, Aug. 24, 1862. Dear Brother: Your letter of Aug. 13, with enclosures, was received. I have read carefully your gen...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

First Session -- 37th Congress

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WASHINGTON, March 4. – SENATE. – A memorial was presented by citizens of Boston asking Congress to drop the negro question and attend to t...