[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American 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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Link to previous New York Times thread

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[cdcdawg]

“Highly Important News”

For some reason, that cracks me up in a good way. It’s not wrong at all.

[_Jim]

Flashback - or, Flash-forward??

[sauropod]

Thanks for posting!

I find it instructive to read contemporaneous history. Always something to learn.

[Pollard]

I still wish you’d put the 1861 date at the beginning of the title so you’d quit wasting people’s time.

[Magnatron]

HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS: Rapid Concentration of Troops at the National Capital; EXCITING REPORTS FROM BALTIMORE; Troops Coming Forward from All Points

For a second there, you had all the Q-berts in a tizzy over that headline...