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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. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott – 2-4*
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
The Fashionable Promenades of London and Paris – 8-10
The Battle of Bunker Hill – 11-13 (New England Flag referenced on p 17)
Earthquake Experiences – 14-16
Insane – 16
Monument to Col. Wm. Washington, at Charleston, S.C. – 16-17
The Outrage on the “Tropic Bird” – 17-18
Who Was the Author of the Ordinance of 1787? – 19
Miscellany – 19-20

* Winfield Scott Wikipedia page

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Continued from June 16 (reply #7). The letter from John Locke Scripps to Lincoln cited in paragraph 3 below was written on this day.

Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

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Continued from November 10, 1856 (reply #44)

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Edmund Turner to William Still, June 22, 1858

HAMILTON, June 22d, 1858, C. W.

TO MR. WM. STILL, DEAR SIR:— A favorable opportunity affords the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of letters and papers; certainly in this region they were highly appreciated, and I hope the time may come that your kindness will be reciprocated we are al well at present, but times continue dull. I also deeply regret the excitement recently on the account of those slaves, you will favor me by keeping me posted upon the subject. Those words written to slaveholder is the thought of one who had sufferd, and now I thought it a duty incumbent upon me to cry aloud and spare not, &c., by sending these few lines where the slaveholder may hear. You will still further oblige your humble servant also, to correct any inaccuracy. My respects to you and your family and all inquiring friends.

Your friend and well wisher,
EDMUND TURNER.

SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 120

civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com

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Continued from June 16 (reply #8).

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Continued from June 10 (reply #17) .

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