He Made His Name: Stories from the Life of D.R. Anthony
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1862, 2012: A Pioneering Emancipator – Order 26 and Historians’ Debate over Emancipation
D.R. Anthony was, to quote my advisor on this project, “an emancipator before The Emancipator” (Lincoln). He was an emancipator who practiced what he preached, and for proof, one need go no further than his letters home of the spoils … Continue reading
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1862: Circle of Life as an Army Officer
D.R. Anthony knew full well when he issued Brigade Order 26 that there could be consequences for his actions. He had directly thumbed his nose at orders from three superior officers and the U.S. Government. Anthony knew that General Mitchell was … Continue reading
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1862: “I have to take the lead”
D.R. Anthony had been on campaign with the 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry for nearly eight months. He had led the 7th on a rampage of revenge through Missouri, and now the regiment was headed deeper into Confederate territory in Western … Continue reading
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1861: The German and the Lt. Col.
I have written of Anthony’s cruelty towards his perceived enemies. He could also however be cruel to the apparently innocent.Seventh Cavalry biographer Steven Starr relates a story on pages 103-106 of Jennison’s Jayhawkers in which a German immigrant,barely able to speak English, … Continue reading
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1861-1862: Jayhawking with the Kansas Seventh
Anthony Joined the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry in October of 1861. The Seventh, led by Col. Charles Rainsford Jennison, (left) was made up of Free-Staters from the Leavenworth area, many of whom had suffered through Bleeding Kansas. Historian Stephen Starr notes … Continue reading
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1861 – Starting off with a “Bang”
When D.R. Anthony went to war in October of 1861, he left behind his budding journalism career, one that had in its short life already gained him notoriety as one of Leavenworth’s most outspoken and adamant voices. His achievements as a journalist … Continue reading
1857: Return to (Bleeding) Kansas
In June of 1857, shortly before his 33rd birthday, D.R. Anthony returned to Kansas for good. He settled in Leavenworth, in the northeast corner of the territory. Kansas looked quite different as a Territory than it does today. It would … Continue reading
1854: Emigrant Aid Parties
D.R. Anthony’s first major hands on experience with the quest to end slavery came with his participation in one of the New England Emigrant Aid society missions to Kansas. The Emigrant Aid Society has its origins in the time around … Continue reading
1844: When Fred Douglass came to visit
The next few posts on this site will deal with Daniel Read Anthony’s abolitionist views. Before doing that however, it seems worthwhile to devote a post to the circumstances that may have imbued in him these beliefs. As I have noted in … Continue reading
1824 – 1986: Too many Daniels
One of the aspects of this project that makes it a little easier for me to get started is that I did some work on the Anthony family last summer as an intern at the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum. It … Continue reading
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