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Ambrose Bierce and Asbury Harpending at the Battle of Shiloh
California History After the Gold Rush
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The Stanfords and the Chinese Question
Jane and Leland Stanford were deeply problematic people. Jane is not by any means any kind of heroine to me. But I find her fascinating. As with all…
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San Francisco's Black newspapers, Civil War era
Mary Ellen Pleasant & the Executive Committee. San Francisco’s “Executive Committee” was a group of educated Black elite: ministers, teachers, business…
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After the Gold Rush - California in 1861
In this month’s chapters, California commits to the Union after a Secessionist coup attempt in San Francisco led by Southern transplant Asbury…
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Black entrepreneur Mary Ellen Pleasant in Civil War San Francisco
One of the most fascinating and contradictory figures of San Francisco’s riveting history is Mary Ellen Pleasant. By current standards she was one of…
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Ted & Anna Judah in Civil War Washington
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians were locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would…
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Jessie Frémont petitions Lincoln for Emancipation
Lincoln was far slower to move on Emancipation than many of his allies urged—including political power couple Jessie Benton Frémont and John C. Frémont…
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Chapter 40 - Ted & Anna Judah vs. the Associates on the Transcontinental Railroad
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would cross…
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