Harper's Weekly was the most popular American publication during the Civil War. It's a great source for getting the mood of Americans during the ebb and flow of the war. Please glance through one of the 1865 issues of Harper's Weekly. You might find particularly interesting the January 14 issue that features Sherman's entrance into Savannah, the May 6 issue that focuses on Lincoln and his assassination or the May 13 issue that focuses on the aftermath of the assassination and the new president, Andrew Johnson. Please comment here on what the issue you read shows about America in 1865. Anything here that shows why it might have been difficult to reconcile North and South? Anything here that gives particular hope that the republic would be restored?
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly was the most popular American publication during the Civil War. It's a great source for getting the mood of Americans during the ebb and flow of the war. Please glance through one of the 1865 issues of Harper's Weekly. You might find particularly interesting the January 14 issue that features Sherman's entrance into Savannah, the May 6 issue that focuses on Lincoln and his assassination or the May 13 issue that focuses on the aftermath of the assassination and the new president, Andrew Johnson. Please comment here on what the issue you read shows about America in 1865. Anything here that shows why it might have been difficult to reconcile North and South? Anything here that gives particular hope that the republic would be restored?
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I read the Article on Johnson. This would create an annomosity because it explains that he was from the south. His growing up in the south will cause some in the north reason to not believe in his ideas. They wouldn't be able to see how someone who came out of that location would want to do anything they would.
ReplyDeleteNext, when it gives his political ideas, it would cause those in the south to be leary of what this guy really wants. He not only didn't defend them in the war, he crossed over to the other side.
He could not depend upon either side to back him up. He was in the preverbial sense "hung out to dry".
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ReplyDeleteI read the May 6th issue that focused on Lincoln and his assassination. Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president, coming from so little and doing so much, and I truly believe things would have worked out differently if he had not been assassinated.
ReplyDeleteAmerica, at this point in time, was onto something good; slavery had ended the month prior to this article. Lincoln being assassinated 5 days after General Lee's surrender, however, devastated the country. I know I would have been a mess at Lincoln's funeral!
There's not much hope in this article that the republic would be restored. With the slaves being free, but having no place to go, and Lincoln gone with his plan, it does not look as though there's any hope at all.