Monthly Archives: October 2010

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 30, 2010 by admin

YouTube has a lot about Civil War ghosts. Here’s one at Manassas: There’s many more ghost videos to look at. Join the debate on whether the ghosts are real. See General Lee’s ghost at Gettysburg! Gee, I think I’m getting … Continue reading →

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Fire-Eater Plays Lexington

Posted on October 29, 2010 by admin

William Lowndes Yancey was a well-known Fire-Eater. Fire-Eaters were a group of Southerners who strongly supported states rights, slavery and the resumption of the slave trade, and eventually secession. On October 23, 1860 (about two weeks before the presidential election) … Continue reading →

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“A Fall in the Price of Cotton and Negroes”

Posted on October 24, 2010 by admin

Recently I posted an excerpt from the October 18, 1860 issue of The New-York Times. about the Minute Men in South Carolina. In the same issue The Times published more Southern reaction to the big Republican victories  in the state … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln Creates Fusion

Posted on October 21, 2010 by admin

Or, Anybody but Lincoln According to the October 24, 1860 issue of The New-York Times. there was a huge Fusion demonstration in New York the night before. 25,000 supporters of Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell-Everett marched through the city streets to … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of The Little Giants

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

Meandering through the Seneca Fall (NY) public library recently I noticed a shelf filled with some interesting-looking notebooks (no, not laptops, actual old-fashioned three-ring binders). These binders contained archival material from the village historian. They were arranged by date from … Continue reading →

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Minutemen Reprised: South Carolina 1860

Posted on October 16, 2010 by admin

With the presidential election less than three weeks away the tension in the country keeps on building: From The New-York Times., October 18, 1860: MINUTE MEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Charleston Mercury thus notices a new movement in the “Carolina … Continue reading →

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Election? What Election? The Prince Is in Town!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

A few days ago I reviewed The New York Times The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008 for articles from 150 years ago this week. It was a bit challenging finding Civil War related articles because much of the front pages were … Continue reading →

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“Useless” and the “Boy of Great Promise”

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

Sometimes I have a tendency to act like I can make my own omens. At any rate, I thought it would have a nice symmetry if the first book I officially read after I started this site was Lee and … Continue reading →

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Shelby Foote

Posted on October 7, 2010 by admin

Many years ago in college freshman remedial English class our instructor asked us which of the books we had read during class we most enjoyed. I think, with many of my classmates, I voted for Voltaire’s Candide. It was short … Continue reading →

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Wide-Awakes

Posted on October 6, 2010 by admin

Wandering through our local public library a few weeks ago I came across a big gray book with a very big title: The New York Times The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008. The pages of the book display selected front pages … Continue reading →

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