"Money or Nothing: Confederate Postal System Collapse during the Civil War,", Garrison, L. R. “Administrative Problems of the Confederate Post Office Department, I.”, Garrison, L. R. “Administrative Problems of the Confederate Post Office Department, II.”, McCaleb, Walter Flavius. The Confederate postal service as a national entity may be said to date from June 1, 1861, though Postmaster General John H. Reagan had been in office for some months working out the details of a postal organization. Historian Shelby Foote noted that, as the only Cabinet member from west of the Mississippi, Reagan was acutely aware of the critical consequences of Vicksburg's capture and control of the river by Union forces. Click Clear to reset.. After the war, Reagan returned to his home in Palestine, Texas. A capable administrator, he kept the post office running efficiently and, during the last few weeks of the Civil War, also served as treasury secretary. He and his successor, Richard Bache, kept a ledger of the quarterly accounts of the General Post Office from 1775 to 1778. He left Tennessee at age nineteen and traveled to Texas, which had become independent from Mexico the year before in 1836. Found inside – Page 19He served on the staff of General John B. Magruder and later of General John A. Wharton , becoming an aide and advisor to ... BARRET 1866 JOHN H. REAGAN The only Texan in the Confederate cabinet was John H. Reagan , postmaster general . In Galveston, soldiers commandeered the train to the mainland in a mass desertion, and civilians swarmed a blockade runner in the harbor and looted it. "Essentially it comes . He later was elected to the U.S. House and Senate and served as chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas. [citation needed]. Both of the Confederates agreed that the conflict was degenerating into a guerilla war that could only lead to the ruin of Texas. CYP: E 487 .R28 1973. Marker Number: 17255. Found inside – Page 732John H. Reagan , Postmaster - General in Confederate ( or . ernment ; U.S. Senator . Joseph D. Sayers , Governor . ... 1803 Louisiana purchased by the United States ; Texan boundary dispute . 1800-20 Filibustering expeditions into Texas ... Found inside – Page 4I support Marvin Watson wholeheartedly for the position of Postmaster General . ... Postmaster John Reagan , who served as the only Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America ; and Postmaster General Albert Sidney Burleson ... Sevierville, Tenn. Postmaster General ™ under the Continental Congress on July 26, 1775. This would be the major action of the session. Reagan accepted and served in this position throughout the war, doing his best to make sure the Confederate postal system functioned until the fall of Richmond in 1865. Texan who served as postmaster general of the Confederacy. In September of 1862, the age requirement was raised to 45. The act was pointless; less than a week later, the South’s military collapse continued with the surrender by Joe Johnston of the remnants of the Army of Tennessee. Found inside – Page 402... The Rise and Fall ofthe Confederate Government, a fifteenhundred-page, two-volume polemic whose avowed purpose, ... Davis wrote to U.S. senator John H. Reagan, a Texan who had served as the Confederacy's postmaster general, ... Records at the National Archives include: A register of accounts from 1864 to 1865 for Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. The victory of Oran Roberts of San Augustine, a well-known secessionist (and future governor), showed that in spite of the bad news about the war, Texans felt they had little choice but to stick with the effort. The men agreed on surrender terms that included amnesty for former Confederates and a gradual emancipation of the slaves. July 26, 1775. Others were forced to camp in their wagons on the Capitol grounds. John H. Reagan's name will be removed from the final elementary school. It reads: "Texas in the Civil War, Members of Confederate Congress. Found inside – Page 413This soon gave way to a general apathy and indifference , but through all could be seen by a close observer that the Army of ... And John Reagan , the Texan who served as the Confederacy's postmaster general , acknowledged that “ if our ... If you have a compelling reason to see the original, consult with a reference librarian. Postmaster Finder Postmasters by City: Remember! He was born in Tennessee but moved to Texas at age 19 where he became a lawyer. Texas governor in 1861 who opposed Texas secession from the U.S. When Texas became the seventh state to secede from the Union on March 2, 1861, the county vote, 870 to 15, was overwhelmingly in favor of secession. The federals took more than 100 casualties and were forced to make an embarrassing retreat. Texas declared its secession from the Union on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it had replaced its governor, Sam Houston, who had refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.As with those of other states, the Declaration of Secession was not recognized by the US government at Washington, DC.Some Texan military units fought in the Civil . Found inside53 Oldham and Wigfall served as Texas Senators in the Confederate Congress; see Laura Harper, “Williamson Simpson Oldham ... On Reagan's antebellum career and his service as Confederate postmaster general, see Ben H. Procter, ... Texas men were sick of fighting and ready to get on with their lives. In Congress, he advocated federal regulation of railroads and helped create the Interstate Commerce Commission. Found inside... Confederacy was aware of the need for a strong postal service, and created its own under the direction of John Henninger Reagan, a Texan like the Love brothers who was appointed by Jefferson Davis as Confederate postmaster general. Despite the problems the war caused, his department managed to turn a profit, "the only post office department in American history to pay its own way," wrote William C. The collection documents the political life of John Henninger Reagan, including his positions as a congressman, senator, representative, and member of the Indian Affairs, Post Office Expenditures, and Democratic Convention committees; and his work as Postmaster General of the Confederacy and as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. During the course of the war, nearly 90,000 Texans served in the military. 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Reagan Elementary School in Dallas, and Reagan high schools in, The John H. Reagan State Office Building on the, Reagan is commemorated by a statue on the, Anderson, John Nathan. Reagan fought the Republicans tooth and nail, and he served a key role in the removal of Republican governor Edmund Davis in 1875. Ebenezer Hazard. The National Park Service estimates that by war's end more than 20,000 Hispanics fought in the Civil War nationwide: some for the Union and some for the Confederacy. The list did not include Confederates such as John H. Reagan, the Confederacy's postmaster general, General John B. Why did Sam Houston refuse allegiance to the Confederate States of America? was a Texas Ranger who had previously fought at San Jacinto. The bloodbath of the last battles of the Civil War is well-known. of 1861, more than 25,000 had joined the Confederate army. He was an able administrator, presiding over the only cabinet . Upon his return, he found his home state in turmoil. Lot 4294 Confederacy, Charleston S.C. May 7, 1861, neat strike of double-circle datestamp ties U.S. 3¢ dull red (26) on red and blue 7-Star Confederate Flag Patriotic cover from the Winsmith correspondence to Glenn Springs P.O. His parents were primarily of Irish and English/Scots border descent; his middle name was for German ancestors. Result: A list of the postmasters, acting postmasters, and officers-in-charge reported to have served at that post office. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. . Some still regarded such talk as treasonous; others revisited the idea of reviving the Republic of Texas rather than ever face surrender of the cause. Postmaster General. Reagan was not out of public service for long, though. Approximately 90,000 Texans served in the military during the war and distinguished themselves in the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. Reagan, a Texan politician before the Civil War, became the Confederate States postmaster general. A leading Texas Democrat, he served not only as Postmaster General of the Confederacy, but also as a United States Congressman both before and after the Civil War. He was elected to Congress in 1874, after his predictions of harsh treatment for resistance to the Reconstruction era were proved correct. In February, Union general Lew Wallace sought permission from Union commander Grant to pursue the possibility of a negotiated settlement of the war on the Rio Grande. After the Confederate defeat and his release from prison after the war, Reagan called for cooperation by the South with the federal government, an unpopular position among most conservative whites. But when it became clear that Texas would secede, Reagan resigned from Congress on January 15, 1861 and returned home to the state to defend it.[2]. 406) I was a career politician for Texas. A Texas Senate panel met Monday to discuss the history of the artwork that adorns the walls of the Senate chamber, reviving a . Found inside – Page 273Native Northerners Who Fought for the Confederacy David Zimring ... served in Congress as a Democrat from 1879 to 1883.24 President Grant selected Horace Maynard, an adoptive southern unionist in Tennessee, as his postmaster general. Found inside – Page 180Texans fought on every battlefront. ... The next month, Albert Sidney Johnston, the highestranking Confederate field general, was killed at Shiloh. Another popular Texas general, Tom Green, was killed in the Red River campaign. [3] During the time he worked as a surveyor, he also served as a private tutor to the children of John Marie Durst. by advance appointment. On May 13, 1865, the last battle of the Civil War took place at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville. John Henninger Reagan, known as "The Old Roman" served as the Confederate Postmaster General and also as Confederate Secretary of the Treasury.But his public service wasn't limited to the Confederate States. Harwood represented Dallas County at the 1866 State Constitution Convention. He opened an office in Buffalo and the same year was elected a probate judge in Henderson County. Reagan’s success in the legal field opened opportunities in the world of politics, and he won election to the Second Legislature of Texas in 1847. He believed abolition would cause such social problems as to require Southern whites "exterminate the greater portion of the [black] race. Soldiers in Houston, Galveston, San Antonio, and Austin rioted for their back pay and then attacked government warehouses, stripping them of anything valuable. Reagan was the Confederacy's postmaster general. (Reagan, one of the Confederate cabinet members to flee with Davis at war's end, was a founder of the . This ledger includes sums paid to and received from Post Offices— serving as a useful list of early Post Offices— with postmaster names sometimes . Found inside – Page 42... despite varying appeals from German Unionist Edward Degener , Provisional Governor A. J. Hamilton , and John H. Reagan , former postmaster general of the Confederacy who became aware of northern opinion while in a federal prison . Later that year, Reagan died of pneumonia at his home in Palestine, the last surviving member of Jefferson's cabinet in the government of the Confederacy. Richmond itself was under a relentless siege. 3) Alexander Harwood (1820-1885) came to Dallas in 1844 from Tennessee. But I see no reason for that now.”. Found inside – Page 409Later in the conflict, he served Texas governor Pendleton Murrah and Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith, as Kirby Smith's ... Connecticut, in 1813, moved to Texas in 1836, where he became postmaster general of the republic. Johnston, a Texan, was also a general and was killed during the Civil War. John H. Reagan Senior High School. Reagan cut expenses by eliminating costly and little-used routes and forcing railroads that carried the mail to reduce their rates. After the Texas Independence, Johnston served as the Republic of Texas Secretary of War under Mirabeau Lamar, the second president of Texas. Born in Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1818, Reagan studied briefly at Southwestern Seminary . Wallace feared that Mexico, in the throes of its own civil war, might become a haven for ex-Confederates who would cross the border and use Mexico as a staging ground to carry on the war indefinitely. Hogg served as governor of Texas from 1891 to 1895 and was the son of a Confederate . Lanier High School, named for Sidney Lanier, a Georgia native; he was not an officer or hero. Fax: 512-936-0685. He participated in the secession convention that met at Austin on January 31, 1861. A BEAUTIFUL CONFEDERATE FLAG PATRIOTIC COVER WITH UNITED STATES POSTAGE USED IN . killed at the battle of Shiloh considered one of the top early Confederate leaders in war. "[5] He also believed in the federal protections of slavery under the U.S. Constitution as extensions of private property rights, therefore he supported the Union. His early life was not unlike that of many young men who grew to maturity in frontier America. Found inside – Page 80A Biography of the Confederate Navy Secretary and United States Senator Rodman L. Underwood ... confidant of the president throughout the war.20 Another solid appointment President Davis made was John H. Reagan for postmaster general. The University of Texas has moved statues depicting Confederate Gens. "The horrific displays of hatred at the University of Virginia and in Charlottesville shocked and saddened the nation. The following year, Reagan ran for and won a seat in the United States Congress. Waller was elected on February 1, 1836, as a delegate from Brazoria to the Convention of 1836, which met at Washington-on-the-Brazos and adopted the . Smithwick, Noah. All of my other ancestors living at that time fought for the Confederacy. [citation needed] Reagan was the only member of the cabinet to oppose Robert E. Lee's offensive into Pennsylvania in June–July 1863. Although having moments to hunt and fish, he worked . He instead supported a proposal to detach the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to reinforce Joseph E. Johnston in Mississippi, in order to break the Siege of Vicksburg. https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/162. Shortly thereafter, Reagan was sent as a state representative to the Confederate capital of Montgomery, Alabama, where he was asked by the new Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, to serve in his cabinet as postmaster general. Davis was amazed. Some men got drunk; many struck out for home; a few who hadn’t had their fill of fighting slipped into Mexico to join up with the imperial forces. Found inside – Page 2By Gen. Basil W. Duke . No one is so capable of writing the story of General Morgan's command as General Duke . ... Judge Reagan's long life was crowded with labor and honor : he served in the Texan War against the Indians ; he was ... Fannin County. He joined the Macon Volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War. Found insideSpeaking of the action, Gen. Lee said, “The men that carried this position were soldiers indeed.” After the battle he urged Postmaster General Reagan, who was from Texas, to get a division of Texans for his army, ... He, too, stood for and supported the institution of slavery. 15 of 29 The Confederate Soldiers, erected beginning in 1901 by surviving comrades, on the Texas State Capitol Grounds Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. 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