Tag Archives: James M. Mason

“an asylum for broken down gentlemen”?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today the Richmond Daily Dispatch reprinted an article about the conditions at Fort Warren in Boston harbor. The fort was being used to house captured Confederate troops and political prisoners. As Civil War Daily Gazette recently reported … Continue reading →

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George Mason’s Will

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 16, 1861: A Patriot’s charge to his Sons. –Col. George Mason, the author of the first Constitution of Virginia, died at his residence in Fairfax county, near Alexandria, on the 7th of October, 1792, … Continue reading →

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Down East and D.C.

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

Portland Maine Promotes Union (and an Olive Branch of Sorts) From The New-York Times January 28, 1861: UNION MEETING AT PORTLAND, ME. PORTLAND, Me., Saturday, Jan. 26. An immense Union mass meeting was held at the City Hall here this … Continue reading →

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