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Episodes tagged "Reconstruction": 1 through 8 of 8

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  1. Stained-Glass Sally: The Memorializing of Captain Sally Tompkins
    date September 10, 1961map Henrico, Virginiatags Reconstruction, Civil War, Women, Medicine/Health

    With the Angel of Mercy to guide and guard her, Captain Sally Tompkins gazes into the congregation of Saint James Episcopal Church located in Richmond, Virginia.  This stained-glass window was installed on September 10, 1961 to honor Captain Tompkins for her extraordinary service to the Confederacy during the Civil War.  The window features Captain Tompkins dressed in a conservative purple dress...

  2. The Murder of Senator Benjamin Franklin Randolph
    date October 17, 1868map ORANGEBURG, South Carolinatags hate, Reconstruction, Crime, Politics

    Benjamin Franklin Randolph was born a freeman in Kentucky in 1820.  He graduated from Oberlin College and became an ordained minister.  After college, he joined the U.S. Colored Troops and served as a chaplain.  B.F. Randolph found himself in South Carolina after the war, where he became a prominent participant in local politics.  In 1868, Randolph was elected to the Senate for the Orangeburg County...

  3. The Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
    date 1865 to 1877map CALHOUN, Alabamatags Reconstruction, Ku Klux Klan

    ”This is an institution of chivalry, humanity, mercy, and patriotism;” These are the words that the founders of the Ku Klux Klan used in describing the purpose of their organization.  This line comes from the founding document of the Ku Klux Klan.  Written in 1868, it outlines what they claim to believe, their purpose, as well as a litmus test for all potential new members. It is impossible to...

  4. The Rebellion In Alabama
    date February, 1868 to 1868map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Reconstruction, alabama

    The Rebellion in Alabama ”What’s next?  Is Alabama to come back without a new and equal constitution?  Never!  Let her be kept out until doomsday!”  This quote comes from an editorial written by an unnamed author in 1868 by The Independent, a Northern magazine which was complaining about the political situation in Alabama at the time.  One of the conditions for Alabama’s re-admittance...

  5. Confederate General John C. Breckinridge Provides Insight into Slave Loyalty and Confederate Expatriation
    date January 24, 1869map MUSCOGEE, Georgiatags Reconstruction, Immigration, Politics, John C. Breckinridge, Expatriation

    Dated January 13, 1869, this letter written by ex-Confederate general and former United States Vice-President, John C. Breckinridge, first became public on January 20, 1869, when the newspaper of Columbus, Georgia printed a copy of the message. Four days later, the New York Times made it available to an even wider audience when it republished the article. After the surrender of the Confederacy, Breckinridge...

  6. Teaching in the Unknown
    date May 15, 1865 to 1867map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Women, Teaching, Reconstruction, Freedmen's Bureau

    Emily Bliss and Mary Ames had never taught before, and they were about to venture into the heart of the Reconstruction south and teach the newly freed slave children. They were two women from the North with no teaching experience at all. Intrigued by Emily Bliss, Ames decided to follow her to Boston and enroll as teacher to work for the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. They were not supported by their families...

  7. Jefferson Davis Finds a Friend in Prison
    date May, 1865 to December, 1866map MONROE, Virginiatags Civil War, prison, Reconstruction

    Around May 10 1865, federal troops captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis fleeing in Georgia and sent him to be confined in Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Davis was held prisoner for two years from May 1865 to May 1867, six months of the time confined in a casemate under heavy guard. According to a war memo excerpted in a New York Times article, he was not arraigned upon any indictment or formal...

  8. William Newell Defends Congressional Reconstruction
    date February 15, 1866map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Politics, Reconstruction

    When the Honorable William A. Newell of New Jersey spoke in February 1866, the slaves were freed thanks to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the great sacrifice the Union forces gave. It was time to decide the fate of the South and William Newell was less than hospitable towards the South, saying in his speech that, "[T]he enemies of this Union and this liberty are still insidiously...