Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Month

Democrats for the disabled

Posted on May 26, 2015 by SUMPTER

The The Grand Review of the Union armies occurred in Washington, D.C. on May 23rd and 24th. The soldiers would keep heading north to their homes and the next stage in their lives. The New-York Times promoted the government employment … Continue reading →

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May Day Memorial Day

Posted on May 20, 2015 by SUMPTER

It’s been over four years now since JASPER, The New-York Times’ correspondent wrote from Charleston in the seceded South Carolina. After the United States’ surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 JASPER was made to leave town. Now that Charleston … Continue reading →

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Richmond rubble

Posted on May 11, 2015 by SUMPTER

According to the Library of Congress photographer Andrew J. Russell spent some time at the corner of Carey and Governor streets 150 years ago this month.

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brass wall

Posted on May 7, 2015 by SUMPTER

After waxing poetical about the horrors of May 1864, an editorial from 150 years ago seemed to be thankful for peace and quite certain that a positive result of the war was that foreign nations would never dare invade the … Continue reading →

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germ warfare?

Posted on May 6, 2015 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times May 7, 1865: THE YELLOW FEVER PLOT.; Judicial Investigation at St. George’s–The Evidence Against Blackburn Conclusive. HALIFAX, N.S., Saturday, May 6. The Bermuda papers contain long accounts of the judicial investigation, now being held at St. … Continue reading →

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the right executive’s in the mansion

Posted on May 5, 2015 by SUMPTER

The Democrat Reveille found some kind words to write about Abraham Lincoln after his death. It seems that Southerners and Northern Democrats appreciated President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and the lenient terms of surrender offered Southern armies. Here a presumably … Continue reading →

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banner headline

Posted on April 30, 2015 by SUMPTER

Another pleasing coincidence, given that I took the Richmond Daily Dispatch for fours years, until earlier this month. During the federal occupation of Richmond the Confederate flag flying over the newspaper’s office was captured and brought north to Rochester, New … Continue reading →

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“large personal profits”

Posted on April 28, 2015 by SUMPTER

April 1865 – surrender, assassination, joy, resignation, despair, mourning. And news of alleged corruption in the military bureaucracy. Four from Seneca County, New York newspapers in April 1865: REMOVAL OF MAJOR HADDOCK. – It is reported that Maj. Haddock has … Continue reading →

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petition for legal protection

Posted on April 25, 2015 by SUMPTER

On February 22, 1865 “Tennessee voters approve a new state constitution that abolishes slavery” According to this report, on the same day that President Lincoln was shot, black men in Tennessee petitioned the state senate for legal rights. Freedom wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Everybody Loves Abraham

Posted on April 18, 2015 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in April 1865: THE REBEL PRISONERS AT ELMIRA. – It is stated that the rebel prisoners at Elmira were keenly affected by the news of Mr. Lincoln’s assassination, and requested permission to make … Continue reading →

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