Tag Archives: Civil War Memorials

Little Mac’s chances

A Southern publication succinctly rated the odds of George B. McClellan winning the 1864 presidential election. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 16, 1864: McClellan on the old flag. –McClellan, who stands about as much chance for succeeding Lincoln in … Continue reading

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good time in the grove

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1864: FOURTH OF JULY IN TYRE. – The patriotic citizens of Tyre have procured a monument which is to be erected to the memory of the deceased Soldiers from that town. It … Continue reading

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