Author Archives: SUMPTER

At Club Mac

Posted on October 2, 2012 by SUMPTER

On September 29, 1862 a group of men in Seneca Falls, New York held an organizational meeting of a McClellan Club. Here’s a report from a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Organization of a McClellan Club. A large … Continue reading →

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Friendly Fire

Posted on October 1, 2012 by SUMPTER

More posing for the camera.

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The mask laid aside

Posted on September 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

A southern editorial on Abraham Lincoln’s September 22, 1862 Proclamation of Emancipation. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 30, 1862: Lincoln’s proclamation. The Yankee Government has at last laid aside all disguise. Lincoln openly proclaims the abolition of slavery throughout … Continue reading →

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“breath alone kills no rebels”

Posted on September 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

As a congressman and senator from Maine Hannibal Hamlin consistently opposed the extension of slavery. According to The life and times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin, Hannibal’s grandson, Hamlin continued his opposition to slavery as Lincoln’s vice-president. The … Continue reading →

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First Louisiana Native Guard

Posted on September 27, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to Historynet, 150 years ago today the 1st Louisiana Native Guard became the first African-American regiment accepted into United States service. It was organized by Ben Butler during his military supervision of New Orleans. You can see more images … Continue reading →

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The Week+ in Review

Posted on September 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here a Democrat newspaper from upstate New York in a single column comments on three events on eight days in September: The Battle of Antietam on the 17th, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of the 22nd, and the president’s order subjecting … Continue reading →

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Care Packages Get the Thumbs Down

Posted on September 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

Hundreds of Tons Warehoused From The New-York Times September 26, 1862: Protest Against Sending Presents to Soldiers. CENTRAL OFFICE, SANITARY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1862. The Sanitary Commission, at the request of Gen. HALLECK, Commanding in Chief the Armies of … Continue reading →

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Hey Junius

Posted on September 24, 2012 by SUMPTER

A Democrat newspaper found a graphic way of illustrating Democrat support for the Civil War by using a table of enlistment results – its majority Democrat county easily reached its quota of volunteers under the federal administration’s call for 600,000 … Continue reading →

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New Club in Town

Posted on September 22, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1862: McClellan Club. The undersigned hereby form themselves into a Club, to be known as the “McClellan Club of Seneca Falls,” to [be] organized to support “the Constitutio[n,] the Union, and … Continue reading →

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Indiana Brothers

Posted on September 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to 14th Indiana Volunteers Phillip Letsinger was killed at Antietam.

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