[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860 – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to October thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Header – 1 *
Monthly Record of Current Events – 2-4 **
Editor’s Table – 5-10
Editor’s Easy Chair – 11-16
Editor’s Drawer – 16-21
Portraits of Advertisers – 22-23
Fashion for November – 24-25

* I broke my rule of posting the entire lead article, come what may. “The Massacre of St. Bartholomew” appears to be a nice history lesson, but the 16th century is out of our jurisdiction and the 20-page article is too long to print, prep and post for a general interest item.

** Republican Hannibal Hamlin elected governor of Maine. Other election news. Updates from Bleeding Kansas and the San Francisco Vigilance Committee. And plenty more.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Read this later. Good stuff.

[manna]

Please add me to this list. Thanks.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I just want to get this off my chest. November 4 - Election Day - was the single biggest posting day I had planned for 1856. So of course it is the day photobucket crashed, reminding me how dependent I am on that out-of-my-control factor. Well, I understand it should be back up tomorrow & I will catch up with the posts.

It just won't be the same, though.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Now that photobucket is back I will post 5 items for yesterday and one for today.

Continued from June 19 (reply #27)

The general election resulted in a three-way race between the Republican Fremont, the Southern-leaning Democrat James Buchanan, and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore. When the votes were counted, Weed’s advice to Seward proved correct. Though the Republican Party showed considerable strength throughout the North in its first national effort, winning eleven states, the South threw its strength behind Democrat James Buchanan, who emerged the victor. In addition to his overwhelming strength in the South, Buchanan captured four Northern states – Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey – the states destined to be the battleground in the 1860 election. Fillmore and the American Party captured only tiny Maryland.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I posted my book report on this book back on August 23 (reply #92) The last paragraph of this excerpt didn't copy correctly. The date in the first line thereof is November 10

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

[pgyanke]

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