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“an inestimable jewel”
Why President Lincoln continues the war From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: ADDRESS TO THE 166TH OHIO REGIMENT, AUGUST 22, 1864. SOLDIERS—I suppose you are going home to see your families and friends. For the services … Continue reading
a death at Elmira
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 8, 1864: … Mr. W. B. Egerton, a citizen of Petersburg, died in the Federal prison at Elmira, New York, on the 21st ultimo. Elmira started accepting Confederate prisoners on July 6, 1864. By … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, Civil War prisons, Northern Society
Tagged Elmira Prison, Prisoners of War, Prisons
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honoring General Forrest
For what it’s worth, Nathan Bedford Forrest seems to have been defending himself against charges that he ordered/condoned a massacre of blacks at Fort Pillow. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 20, 1864: General Forrest and the Negroes. –It is … Continue reading
thanks for the work
On July 18, 1864 Confederate Treasury Secretary Christopher Memminger resigned and headed back home to South Carolina. 150 years ago this month some Virginia women presented him with a cane to thank him for the jobs he provided at the … Continue reading
“peace at any price”?
150 years ago New York State Peace Democrats held a meeting in Syracuse ahead of the National Democrat Convention in Chicago beginning on August 29th. Fernando Wood from New York City and Clement L. Vallandigham were featured speakers. The delegates … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Northern Politics During War, Northern Society, The election of 1864
Tagged Clement Vallandigham, Copperheads, Fernando Wood, Peace Democrats, Syracuse peace meeting
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peace train
150 years ago today Clement L. Vallandigham made his way to Syracuse, New York for an upcoming peace meeting. From The New-York Times August 17, 1864: Movements of Vallandigham. DUNKIRK, N.Y., Tuesday, Aug. 16. Hon. C.L. VALLANDIGHAM passed through here … Continue reading
a productive, destructive August
150 years ago this month the CSS Tallahassee, commanded by Zachary Taylor’s grandson John Taylor Wood, was disrupting Yankee commerce off the northern coast. Here’s a summary from the Navy: After she was commissioned and prepared for sea Tallahassee was … Continue reading
grounded steamers captured
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1863: A Rebel Raid into Illinois. CAIRO, ILL., Aug. 13 [sic?]. About 500 rebel [c]avalry, under Col. Jonson [sic], crossed the Ohio river into Illinois, at Saline Bar Saturday. The steamers … Continue reading
exchanged
150 years ago today Yankee wounded soldiers and medical personnel, , including the renowned Miss Dr. Walker, left Richmond for a swap on the James. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 13 1864: Departures by flag-of-truce. –Four hundred and twenty-five … Continue reading
a whittlin’ in the sun
A Richmond newspaper reprinted the following report, in which a British war correspondent doubts that General Grant and the Union forces were going to defeat the South, with its armies motivated by hatred for the enemy and love of states’ … Continue reading
