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Tag Archives: Guerilla warfare
Crystal Ball: Rebels Against the Despot
Political Science Fiction? A prescient book is reprinted and recommended for the well-stocked Confederate bookshelf: From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 14, 1862: A Prophetic book. Those indefatigable publishers. West & Johnston, have reproduced another book, which is having a … Continue reading
TYPO from Bachelor’s Creek
Union “soldier mob” demolishes rebel shooter buildings; detachment sent to clean out guerrilla band. The 19th New York Volunteer Infantry completed its conversion to the 3rd New York Artillery and arrived in North Carolina in the spring of 1862. Here’s … Continue reading
Hanging Professor
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 28, 1862: Guerrillas hung –General Fitch, late Senator from Indian[a], now leading a brigade at St. Charles, in Arkansas, has just hung two guerrillas, in pursuance of pledges to do so in case of … Continue reading
Git!
According to this image by Alfred R. Waud, 150 years ago this week some Virginia farmers were taking their shots at Union troops on the James:
