Tag Archives: George Stoneman

Memphis riots

Posted on April 30, 2016 by SUMPTER

According to The Freedmen’s Bureau Report on the Memphis Race Riots of 1866 the immediate cause of the Memphis riots of 1866 was an altercation between white policemen and blacks on the evening of April 30, 1866. The following afternoon … Continue reading →

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Richmond has fallen?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago the people of Seneca Falls, New York got fooled real good. The culprit? – A Democratic party-oriented publication pointed its finger at the Lincoln Administration. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863: The Capture … Continue reading →

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“impatiently awaiting the order for the final attack”

Posted on May 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

So near and yet so far We haven’t heard from George M. Guion, the captain of Company A, 33rd New York Volunteers, since last December. In this letter he uses the first paragraph to review the engagement near Mechanicsville. Without … Continue reading →

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