Politics

Pennsylvania in the Election of 1860 - Facebook Live

Jake Wynn

Aug 16, 2020

Pennsylvania in the Election of 1860 - Facebook Live

Join us for a Facebook Live program about the Election of 1860!

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"Pennsylvania in the Crisis" - A Harrisburg journalist's response to Fort Sumter

Jake Wynn

Mar 21, 2020

"Pennsylvania in the Crisis" - A Harrisburg journalist's response to Fort Sumter

George Bergner edited the "Telegraph" newspaper in the Pennsylvania state capital throughout the Civil War.

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How the Pennsylvania press reacted to Lincoln’s second inauguration - March 1865

Codie Eash

Mar 4, 2020

How the Pennsylvania press reacted to Lincoln’s second inauguration - March 1865

Pennsylvania newspaper editors registered strong opinions about Lincoln's legendary second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.

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President-elect Lincoln’s inaugural journey through Pennsylvania

Codie Eash

Mar 1, 2020

President-elect Lincoln’s inaugural journey through Pennsylvania

President-elect Abraham Lincoln spoke repeatedly to audiences in Pennsylvania as he crossed the state to attend his inauguration in 1861.

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A Pennsylvania newspaper's scornful reaction to a Southern prediction of civil war - 1860

Jake Wynn

Feb 27, 2020

A Pennsylvania newspaper's scornful reaction to a Southern prediction of civil war - 1860

The Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph published an article from a Southern magazine threatening secession in the summer of 1860.

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“Let us have war” - The Gettysburg veterans who argued against the “Cornerstone Speech”

Codie Eash

Feb 11, 2020

“Let us have war” - The Gettysburg veterans who argued against the “Cornerstone Speech”

Veterans at Gettysburg used Alexander Stephens's infamous speech about slavery to argue that the Confederate cause was unjust and wrong.

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The Pennsylvania veterans who opposed Gettysburg’s first Confederate monument

Codie Eash

Oct 24, 2019

The Pennsylvania veterans who opposed Gettysburg’s first Confederate monument

In the decades after the Civil War, Pennsylvania veterans sought to keep Confederate monuments and memorials off the Gettysburg battlefield.

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National honors to Rebel dead? - A blistering letter about Confederate graves at Antietam

Jake Wynn

Oct 16, 2019

National honors to Rebel dead? - A blistering letter about Confederate graves at Antietam

In 1868, the representative of Westmoreland County in Congress spoke out in favor of excluding Confederate war dead from national cemeteries

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A Pennsylvania Congressman launched the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868

Jake Wynn

Sep 28, 2019

A Pennsylvania Congressman launched the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868

John Covode represented Westmoreland County in the House of Representatives. He launched the first presidential impeachment in US history.

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George Washington Williams and the National African American Civil War Memorial that wasn't built

Codie Eash

Sep 20, 2019

George Washington Williams and the National African American Civil War Memorial that wasn't built

More than 36,000 African American soldiers died during the Civil War, yet no national monument memorialized their sacrifice until 1998.

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Governor Andrew Curtin's response to Confederate invasion threat - September 1862

Jake Wynn

Sep 6, 2019

Governor Andrew Curtin's response to Confederate invasion threat - September 1862

In September 1862, Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River and became a dangerous threat to Andrew Curtin's Pennsylvania.

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"No traitor blood lurks in my veins" - George Washington Woodward's Civil War

Guest Contributor

Sep 1, 2019

"No traitor blood lurks in my veins" - George Washington Woodward's Civil War

George Washington Woodward ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania during the darkest year of the Civil War.

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James A. Beaver - The Civil War namesake of Penn State's football stadium

Jake Wynn

Aug 29, 2019

James A. Beaver - The Civil War namesake of Penn State's football stadium

Pennsylvania's largest sports venue is named for a Civil War veteran who was wounded four times and lost a leg during his service.

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"Principles, Not Men" - Dr. Andrew Bedford's "Inflexible Democracy"

Guest Contributor

Aug 17, 2019

"Principles, Not Men" - Dr. Andrew Bedford's "Inflexible Democracy"

Guest contributor EJ Murphy looks at the politics surrounding black voting rights in antebellum Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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"Penalty Upon Patriotism" - The 151st Pennsylvania's Public Call for Soldier Voting Rights

Kendrick Gibbs

Jul 6, 2019

"Penalty Upon Patriotism" - The 151st Pennsylvania's Public Call for Soldier Voting Rights

"Is it possible that we love our country less, and are we less worthy to be instructed by it than before we took up arms to defend it?"

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"Coffroth the Copperhead" - Congressman Alexander Coffroth and Fake News in 1863

Jake Wynn

Jul 3, 2019

"Coffroth the Copperhead" - Congressman Alexander Coffroth and Fake News in 1863

Alexander Coffroth was featured in the 2012 film "Lincoln." This is a look at a real scandal that involved the Congressman in 1863.

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Pennsylvania in the Civil War

Exploring the history of the Keystone State in America's bloodiest conflict

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