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| Grant''s memoirs | 8/25/2009 |
Q: Do you know the publication date of U.S. Grant's Memoirs? Grant died in July 1885 and I believe his ...
A: Jerry, Grant's Memoirs were indeed published after his death in July 1885. The publication date ...
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| Texas' Independence from Mexico | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I recently went to Washington, TX, which was the location of the signing of Texas' declaration of ...
A: Cathy, The information that there were a lot of Mexicans who wanted independence from Texas is ...
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| Civil War Conscription | 5/13/2009 |
Q: In doing some family history research, I've come upon a puzzling question concerning my great-great ...
A: Joe, I can give you an educated guess, and I think it's as likely an explanation as any. Contrary ...
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| Civil War: Total Men under Arms | 3/3/2009 |
Q: You asked me to be more precise with my question, which was - How bad did the North outnumber the ...
A: Brian, The figure is actually lower than you think. For the Union, a total of 2.129 million ...
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| Asians in the South | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I've been a life long history buff but there's one area that is just really hard to find any ...
A: Tim, To tell you the truth, the Asian population was so minuscule in the South it was practically ...
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| American /English abolition | 1/4/2009 |
Q: i would like to affirm a premise for a paper if that is ok.... It is really for a speech com class ...
A: The idea that I should get dinged in not one but two areas for taking the time to respond to ...
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| Books on South & 19th Century US? | 12/8/2008 |
Q: British and American. My main problem is finding more books on 19th century America, particularly ...
A: James, Anybody wanting to understand southern history at all has to start with W. J. Cash, The ...
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| American Revolution | 11/4/2008 |
Q: Can you please let me know the importance of liberty statue and the construction? My son who is in ...
A: Krithiga, There is also a ton of good information on the American Revolution, how the 13 British ...
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| White Slavery in America | 10/27/2008 |
Q: While reading this site, I noticed a response to a previous question about white slaves in early ...
A: James, Well, I've got a Ph.D. in American history with a concentration on the South, and I can tell ...
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| us history | 9/23/2008 |
Q: Many technological advances such as the telegraph and the Wright brothers' flight attracted little ...
A: Alma, I've never really thought about it, but I think the reason is pretty easy to discern. They ...
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| Black slave owners | 9/14/2008 |
Q: Mr. Schott, Thank you for your reply. I guess I got carried away. I had not considered the ...
A: Mary Jane, The number of black slaveholders compared to whites was small: about 3,000. They held ...
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| Beneficiaries of Slavery | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I am studying US History at university and am trying to get my head round the issue of who actually ...
A: Tim, You've mentioned the main beneficiaries. A few more that I can think of would be all of the ...
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| NC Senator Wm Henderson | 8/10/2008 |
Q: Best source of info on service of Senator William Henderson from Henderson, North Carolina.....late ...
A: Ed, This gentleman was not a U.S. Senator. I have not been able to locate a good place on the web ...
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| Ethnic conflicts | 4/25/2008 |
Q: Were there any other specific ethnic conflicts (except the Civil War) in the USA during 19th century ...
A: Petra, Several: --between the white settlers and Indian tribes (white emigration to Indian ...
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| Hollywood vs History | 4/11/2008 |
Q: I'm interested in the Hollywood vs History angle. The film "300" won big at the box office so it ...
A: Jim, It's just my opinion, of course, but I would certainly include "Eight Men Out" and "Glory" ...
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| us history | 3/28/2008 |
Q: What gives states the right to nullify federal laws?
A: Maia, Nothing. The US Constitution establishes the primacy of federal law over the states. South ...
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| Thomas Jefferson | 3/10/2008 |
Q: Can i ask your opinion? Do you think Thomas Jefferson would be a Democrat or a Republican in 2008? ...
A: Beth, Pretty good question. Although he distrusted a central government with more than just the ...
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| Jim Crow Laws | 2/20/2008 |
Q: Sorry, I didn't mean for my previous question to sound like a homework question. We've just started ...
A: Michael, Of course they affected the black people "legally." They were laws, after all. And these ...
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| Immigrants in the Civil War | 1/20/2008 |
Q: The question isn't for school per se. Its just that earlier we had been learning about the Lowell ...
A: Laura, As I recall your earlier question was about why immigrant mill workers volunteered for ...
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| traveling during the civil war and post civil war era | 1/12/2008 |
Q: Tom, Thank you so much for your time. I have been doing some research for the Civil War Era. I ...
A: Tanya, A person traveling from northern Arkansas could use the rudimentary road system to get to ...
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| lousiana political history | 12/17/2007 |
Q: My question is: What Louisiana politician rejected the offer to become Emperor? I know this ...
A: Joy, There was not ever any such politician from LA. This is bogus information, and you can stop ...
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| USF History Class | 10/31/2007 |
Q: I was going through my college notes from 1995. I am now an attorney in Fort Myers, FL, but I took ...
A: Ryan, Thank you so much for writing to me. Amazing! Do you know that that was the only class I ...
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| civil war times | 7/9/2007 |
Q: Where did the term (city of ten thousand whores )come from, and where can I read up on this ...
A: Neither I nor any of the three Civil War Ph.D.s I consulted on this question have heard of this term ...
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| Relevance of the Bill of rights and the U.S. Constitution in relation to the Civil War | 4/23/2007 |
Q: There is a school of thought that was very prevalent in the south at the time. The gist is that the ...
A: Karlin, It was not just a school of thought in the South. Most in the North, including Lincoln ...
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| Early 18th Century Speech? | 1/15/2007 |
Q: I am in search of any references to vocabulary used in the early history of New England.... the ...
A: Here's a couple of sources that might help: ...
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| The value of a dollar at mid-19th century | 11/11/2006 |
Q: How much was an 1858 dollar worth in comparision to a 2006 dollar? Would a man with a fortune of ...
A: Charlotte, It would be worth a considerable amount of money by almost any measure. The problem is ...
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| Civil War Banking | 9/9/2006 |
Q: I live in a Kentucky town that was occupied by both Union and Southern forces during the Civil War. ...
A: Depending on which side the state bank supported, and which side's troops were in town, I suppose ...
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| Civil War and Minne Balls | 6/20/2006 |
Q: In a class I had on the Civil War (in 1976), the instructor said that a Minne ball was a hunk of ...
A: Well, I think I'd have to flunk your instructor in 1976. The Minie "ball" is a misnomer anyway. It ...
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| immigration | 5/25/2006 |
Q: In the early 1800s, would immigrants working for factories take away jobs from natives just like in ...
A: Jeff, you could spend a lot of time giving a full answer to these questions. I do not have that ...
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| Peace with Honor Plan | 5/5/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me out. Can you explain to me what Nixon's Peace with Honor plan ...
A: I will be brief. There have been books written about this. Basically "peace with honor" meant ...
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| Icon of abolition | 5/3/2006 |
Q: I have an illlustrated poem that shows a shackled slave lifting his arms to the sky. The poem is by ...
A: Pat, A little difficult to tell about an illustration without seeing it, but I can say something ...
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| Immigrant Communities in US | 3/21/2006 |
Q: Please help, Paul. I am looking for the locations and nationalites of major immigrant communities ...
A: This kind of thing is not my forte, Fox, but I can give you a pointer or two. The most under-valued ...
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| Klu Klux Klan | 7/27/2005 |
Q: Was the Klux Klux Klan founded on social rather than racial grounds? Is there any truth in this ...
A: Hugh, Not so. But like many bald statements in history, it is more complex than that. The KKK ...
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| Cities in Georgia and Tennessee | 7/14/2005 |
Q: We recently travelled through Georgia and Tennessee and noticed that many of the cities are named ...
A: It's a phenomenon not just confined to the South--it's a nationwide thing. The age of ancient Greece ...
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| Teddy Roosevelt | 6/11/2005 |
Q: I was wondering why Teddy Roosevelt said his famous phrase "Walk softly and carry a big stick." It ...
A: Apparently it just struck him as quotable. The following appeared in a William Safire column, June ...
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| compromise of 1877 | 4/20/2005 |
Q: I'm trying to find out more information about the compromise of 1877. I have read that three ...
A: Paul, I can only be brief but I'm going to append the article on the electoral commission from ...
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| Kennedy assassination | 12/10/2004 |
Q: Do respected historians tend to believe that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald ...
A: Goodmy impression, and that's all it is, is that historians are about as split as the general public ...
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| The Democratic-Republican Party | 9/3/2004 |
Q: Tom: Look at this conversation: ROl1103908 [1:54 AM]: you still there? B [1:55 AM]: ...
A: This is way too long to plow through, but I can tell you this: the "Democratic-Republicans" of ...
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| Texas Expatriots to Mexico | 4/29/2004 |
Q: I saw a magazine, I think it was called "Historical Magazine" that was published by an encyclopedia ...
A: Virginia, I cannot confirm anything about what you saw in the magazine; I don't know it. However ...
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| civil war causation | 12/10/2003 |
Q: i asked you a question about the other causes for the beginning of the civil war, besides slavery. i ...
A: Edward, Sorry. You would not believe how many questions I get from kids wanting me to do their ...
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