Tag Archives: George Armstrong Custer

resolutions galore

Posted on January 1, 2022 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a Chicago editorial looked at the year just past and saw the terrible destruction of the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 as a source of hope for the coming year – citizens had a great … Continue reading →

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survivors still

Posted on October 3, 2019 by SUMPTER

After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was founded in 1866 as a fraternal organization for Union veterans. According to a web page at the University of Mississippi the Fifty-third National (GAR) Encampment took place September … Continue reading →

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feeding frenzy

Posted on April 8, 2019 by SUMPTER

You could say it’s a (very brief) tale of five Union generals. When Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States in March 1869 he promoted his friend William T. Sherman to be the Commanding General of the U.S. … Continue reading →

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scalped

Posted on February 4, 2019 by SUMPTER

From the January 16, 1869 issue of Harper’s Weekly (pages 41-42): THE INDIAN WAR. THE Indian Peace Commission of 1867 accomplished greater harm than benefit. Treaties were entered into with The Cheyennes, Arrapahoes, Kiowas, Comanches, and at the recommendation of … Continue reading →

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Custer vs. Black Kettle

Posted on December 8, 2018 by SUMPTER

From the December 19, 1868 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE INDIAN WAR. GENERAL SHERIDAN has conceived a plan of Indian warfare which will yield substantial results. General SHERMAN’S report to the War Department from St. Louis, on the 2d instant, … Continue reading →

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“not entire cordiality”

Posted on September 13, 2016 by SUMPTER

It was more of the same 150 years ago today as President Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle rode the rails from Columbus, Ohio to Pittsburgh. According to the September 14, 1866 issue of The New-York Times the tour met … Continue reading →

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“first low point”

Posted on September 3, 2016 by SUMPTER

On September 3, 1866 Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle stopped in Cleveland, Ohio. William Stahr referred to President Johnson’s Cleveland speech as the “first low point” of the tour. The crowd was full of hecklers, and the president responded … Continue reading →

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short stop

Posted on September 1, 2016 by SUMPTER

On September 1, 1866 President Andrew Johnson’s swing around the circle tour stopped at a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was just a six minute stop as the train slowly progressed across the Empire … Continue reading →

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Scalped?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by SUMPTER

“Beauty and Booty”, “ruthless tyrant’s march”, “Hessians”. So far the South has found lots of ways to put down the North and strike a little extra fear into the hearts of Southerners as the Union army invades. 150 years ago … Continue reading →

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Contemplating Custer

Posted on May 3, 2012 by SUMPTER
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