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Monthly Archives: August 2011
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From The New-York Times August 20, 1861: GEN. WOOL AT FORTRESS MONROE. FORTRESS MONROE, Sunday, Aug. 18, via BALTIMORE, Monday, Aug. 19. Gen. WOOL assumed command at Old Point this morning. Lieut. C.C. CHURCH is acting as AdjutantGeneral. The presence … Continue reading
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Tagged Fortress Monroe, John Ellis Wool
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Dangling: Reasons to Head North
This story is said to be from the Cincinnati Gazette of August 8, 1861. It was published in The New-York TimesAugust 18, 1861: A NEW-YORKER’S EXPERIENCE IN MISSISSIPPI. LORENZO D. PATRICK, Esq., arrived in this city on Monday last, from … Continue reading
War Photos
From The New-York Times August 17, 1861: Photographs of the War. Mr. BRADY, the Photographer, has just returned from Washington with the magnificent series of views of scenes, groups and incidents of the war which he has been making for … Continue reading
No longer awed?
Southern newspapers were finding lots to like in some northern publications. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 15, 1861: Peace meetings. A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes: The great number of peace meetings now being held … Continue reading
“Unholy War”
Them’s Fightin’ Words in Bangor, Maine From The New-York Times August 13, 1861: BANGOR DEMOCRAT OFFICE DESTROYED BANGOR, Me., Monday, Aug. 12. At 1 o’clock this afternoon the Bangor Democrat, a secession sheet, was “cleaned out” by a large number … Continue reading
Concord?
There was a riot in Concord, New Hampshire on August 8, 1861. Here are a couple of views. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 15, 1861: The riot at Concord, N. H. The telegraph yesterday announced the destruction of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Concord New Hampshire, Concord riot 1861
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Blues’ Band in Baltimore
Serenading Breckinridge and Vallandigham From The New-York Times August 10, 1861: LIVELY TIME IN BALTIMORE.; MR. BRECKINRIDGE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK. BALTIMORE, Thursday, Aug. 8. Messrs. BRECKINRIDGE and VALLANDIGHAM partook of a grand dinner at the Eutaw House last evening, … Continue reading
“crying for water”
Fahrenheit 111 We’ve been following the 19th New York Volunteer Infantry. 150 years ago they were encamped with the rest of General Banks’ Union army north of the Potomac in Maryland. According to Henry Hall in Cayuga in the Field … Continue reading
Alms for the Poor, Poor CSA
“Mister, can you spare half a dime?” From The New-York Times August 8, 1861: A NEW DODGE. The Louisville Journal of Aug. 3 says: “It is a fact that genteel little girls in this city, nine or ten years old, … Continue reading
Toasting Manassas from a Sickbed
From The New-York Times August 7, 1861: EX-PRESIDENT TYLER TAKES A DRINK. The Richmond Enquirer has this paragraph: “Ex-President TYLER (member of Congress) has been detained at his estate in Charles City County, by illness. We are glad to hear, … Continue reading