[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, secession – 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.

Posting history, in reverse order

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Late Chancellor Bibb – 2-4
A New Tale By Dickens – 3
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
A Balloon Railway – 8-9
Bombay and Commissioner Reed’s Return – 8, 10-14
May-Day – 15-17
Our Special Paris Correspondent – 17-18
The Midnight Horseman – 18-20
The Weekly Farmer – 20
Trumps, by George William Curtis, Ch. IX-XII – 21-24
The Armstrong Gun – 24-25
The War With Paraguay – 25

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from April 16 (reply #4.)

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

[2banana]

You read a paper like this - less than a year before the civil war starts.

Not even a clue what is coming.

Comparisons to today?

[colorado tanker]

Rosemary does not grow hair or cure dandruff.

But it flavors roast potatoes very nicely.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from April 26 (reply #7.)

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm