Chapter 3: The Civil War
Raised in the warm glow following the Great American Revolution, the prophet generation of the Civil War cycle, the transcendentalists, were a pampered lot. As they approached adulthood religious conversion, radical social reform and idealistic movements swept the land. The Transcendentalist school of literature and philosophy was spawned. The movement peaked in 1837 and began to subside. But in 1857, as the Transcendentalists were solidly in control of the country, the Dred Scott decision ushered in the ultimate secular event, leading to the Civil War between the States. This event drug on for eight years and took a mighty toll on the psyche of the country. The effect was enough to disrupt the normal flow of the generations and the youth of those terrible years never developed the civic strength of their counterparts in other cycles in American history.
High – Era of Good Feelings (1794-1822)
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Awakening – Transcendental Awakening (1822-1844)
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Unraveling – Mexican War/Sectionalism (1844-1860)
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Crisis – Civil War (1860-1865)
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Family: Both of my father’s paternal Grandparents were born in Illinois during the Civil War. My Great-Grandfather Edward Murray was born 7 Dec 1862 in an unknown town. My Great-Grandmother, Edwards wife Emma Sallee was born 28 Dec 1864 in Donovon.
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