Tag Archives: Memphis

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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main street rails

Posted on April 23, 2016 by SUMPTER

One of the the things I remember from the American Civil War’s 150th anniversary is that the New York 148th Infantry Regiment experienced trench warfare during the 1864 Overland Campaign. 150 years ago this month the regiment’s first colonel was … Continue reading →

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Fiat Money in Memphis

Posted on May 23, 2012 by SUMPTER

P.G.T. Beauregard’s Fiat: Accept Confederate Money or Get Arrested From the Richmond Daily Dispatch May 22, 1862: Confederate Monkey [Money] at Memphis. –General Beauregard has taken the Confederate credit in hand at Memphis. as will be seen by the following … Continue reading →

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Appealing for Press Freedom

Posted on February 2, 2012 by SUMPTER

It is said that, unlike the Lincoln administration, the CSA never suppressed dissenting opinions. The Memphis Daily Appeal says that being able to state military facts is necessary to back up its opinions and hold the Confederate leadership accountable. From … Continue reading →

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Fire-eater and Firepower

Posted on January 25, 2011 by admin

150 years ago this week The New-York Times BRECKINRIDGE correspondent commented on affairs in the newly independent Alabama. Here are some excerpts (The New-York Times January 26, 1861): THE DISUNION QUESTION.; SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENCE. FROM ALABAMA. HOW IT SEEMS TO BE … Continue reading →

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Minute Men Proselytize Memphis

Posted on November 2, 2010 by admin

I’ve been learning how political groups were formed during the highly contentious election of 1860. Wide-Awakes for Lincoln; Little Giants for Douglas. Recently I posted an excerpt from The New-York Times. that described South Carolina’s Minute Men, who organized to … Continue reading →

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