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ready for “curly-head”
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 3, 1862: From Fredericksburg. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp near Fredericksburg, Nov. 29. We came here last Saturday, and the indications were that we would have a fight next day. Reveille was ordered … Continue reading
We support the troops
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 3, 1862: Negro Patriotism. –Benj. Marable, Esq., of Halifax county, Va. has four negro men who, for some time, have been engaged working on the fortifications at Richmond. A few days ago they came … Continue reading
Cavalry Along the Rappahannock
150 years ago today there was a lot of information in The New-York Times about the situation near Fredericksburg, Virginia, where the Confederates under General Lee and General Burnside’s Union army faced each other on either side of the Rappahannock … Continue reading
Pressure pointed
Counting the reasons not to go into winter quarters 150 years ago this week citizens in Richmond could read this recap of the New York Herald’s case for immediate attacks by the federal armies. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December … Continue reading
Purdy Promoted
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in November 1862: Promoted. William B. Purdy, eldest son of A.S. Purdy, of this village, who enlisted in the Navy, as a marine, from the city of Hartford, Conn., where he has been … Continue reading
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the greenbacks are in the mail
What do you tell the “butcher and baker, and kerosene seller”? It is said that pay in the Union army was usually behind schedule. Here a soldier’s wife explains the issue on the home-front and shows that the army would … Continue reading
Thanksgiving near Portsmouth
Last week The Civil War 150th Blog compared the official Union and Confederate Thanksgivings in 1862. Presidents Lincoln and Davis were thankful for military victories and proclaimed days of Thanksgiving in April and September respectively. Thanksgiving days were pretty fluid … Continue reading
Enemy Campfires Increasing
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: From Gen. Burnside’s Army. FALMOUTH, Va. Nov. 26. It is expected the railroad will be finished to-morrow from Acquia Creek to the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg. The bridge over Potomac Creek was … Continue reading
“visited by this fiendish invasion”
150 years ago today the Richmond Daily Dispatch reported on Union General Burnside’s demand that Fredericksburg, Virginia surrender or else risk being bombed. The Dispatch report stated that the Yankees lobbed a few shells toward the railroad depot where a … Continue reading
Wrap it up!
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 22, 1862: Archbishop Hughes Fears a foreign War. Under date of November 1st,Archbishop Hughes has written a letter to Secretary Seward. He reiterates the stern views he has always held of the necessities of … Continue reading
