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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
Hang On to Your Wallets …
… the Yankees Are Coming As the U.S. Congress debates ways and means to pay for the ever burgeoning war debt a Confederate military officer uses that debt as a recruiting tool. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 13, 1862: … Continue reading
Shanghaied at the Falls?
A Canadian newspaper is concerned about reports that 1) a Union officer crossed into Canada to try to force a deserter back to the U.S. and that 2) a couple Canadian/British soldiers went to the U.S. side of the river, … Continue reading
Blind Tom Mania
Blind Tom continues his tour of the CSA. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 10, 1862: Blind Tom. –Mr. Oliver announces three more concerts at the African Church, closing, on Wednesday night, so that those who have not yet heard … Continue reading
Graft in the Union Army?
The GROWLER takes issue with the practice of Union officers increasing their pay by claiming army privates as servants (wink-wink). From The New-York Times February 9, 1862: The Pay and Overpay of Army Officers. To the Editor of the New-York … Continue reading
Auf Wiedersehen?
Apparently Stonewall Jackson was not the only well-known general who contemplated retirement in the winter of 1862. Here’s a note from Union General Franz Sigel. From The New-York Times February 8, 1862: A LETTER FROM GEN. SIGEL. The following brief … Continue reading
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Pontoon Games
Last month Yates County, NY, in the Civil War published two interesting letters from soldiers in the 50th New York Engineers. I found a couple articles about the 50th from Seneca County newspapers 150 years ago this month. Penn Yan … Continue reading
Yankees = Dishonest Romans
150 years ago today the Union captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Of course, no one in Richmond knew this as they perused their newspapers. However, readers of the February 6, 1862 edition of the Richmond Daily Dispatch would … Continue reading
The Lounger Lauds Lincoln
The Son of the South provides a great service by serving up digitized copies of Harper’s Weekly for the entire duration of the American Civil War. The February 1, 1862 issue includes an article about how the Union political leaders … Continue reading
Appealing for Press Freedom
It is said that, unlike the Lincoln administration, the CSA never suppressed dissenting opinions. The Memphis Daily Appeal says that being able to state military facts is necessary to back up its opinions and hold the Confederate leadership accountable. From … Continue reading
The West Is the Best …
… Target for the Union The editors at The New-York Times have been discussing war strategy with a top man in the Union military, who does not agree with the “On to Richmond” sentiment. This authority believes that a force … Continue reading
