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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08786 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | The Crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)] |
| Date | 4 February 1863 |
| Author | Medary, S. (Samuel) (1801-1864) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and Teutons of the North from the amalgamation and fraternity of the Latin races of the Southern part of this continent, and which there have been destructive to both." Contains numerous letters to the editor. Includes various articles covering local and national politics, as well as Civil War events. Includes several articles discussing Clement Laird Vallandigham, a United States Representative from Ohio. Contains a report on the uselessness of military chaplains. |
| Subjects | Civil War African American History African American Troops Latin and South America Military History Politics Copperheads Religion Union Forces |
| People | Medary, Samuel (1801-1864) Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird) (1820-1871) |
| Place written | Columbus, Ohio |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Religion |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | Medary served as the territorial Governor of Minnesota 1857-1858 and of Kansas 1858-1860. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |