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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
In the Camp of Cain and Arnold
Correspondent Disguised as Country Clerk Checks Out a Rebel Camp From The New-York Times October 20, 1861: INTERIOR OF THE REBEL CAMP AT COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY. Approaching Columbus, it proved there the same as elsewhere, an easy matter to pass the … Continue reading
“little dogs of war”
Must Have Slipped Through the Blockade From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 19, 1861: Steel rifled Cannon. –We saw yesterday, near the Central railroad depot, awaiting transportation, two steel 12-pounders, rifled. The mark on each shows where they came from–“Blakely’s … Continue reading
Not Exactly an Unfunded Mandate
An Unfunded Suggestion, Which Congress Will Probably Reimburse, and which the Federals will be happy to superintend From The New-York Times October 17, 1861: IMPORTANT CIRCULAR FROM SECRETARY SEWARD. The following important circular has been sent to Gov. MORGAN, and … Continue reading
George Mason’s Will
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 16, 1861: A Patriot’s charge to his Sons. –Col. George Mason, the author of the first Constitution of Virginia, died at his residence in Fairfax county, near Alexandria, on the 7th of October, 1792, … Continue reading
“we lack enterprise …” ???
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 14, 1861: Fuel. –The difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of coal would not be a source of extreme annoyance to our people, if it were possible to obtain wood in sufficient quantities to make … Continue reading
Mosquitos in the Delta
I got in over my head yesterday as I was exploring the October 12, 1861 naval battle at the Head of Passes. The articles that The New-York Times reproduced from Southern papers had some major factual errors. Sometime on the … Continue reading
Have Maps – Will Paste
From The New-York Times October 11, 1861: Another “Bird’s-Eye View.” The “seat of war” does not seem to be a standing one. It changes its location almost daily. But the publishers of maps follow it up faithfully. Thus, JOHN BACHMAN, … Continue reading
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Canadian Kibosh
From The New-York Times October 9, 1861: THE REBELLION. … From the Toronto papers we receive particulars of the arrest of Col. RANKIN, member or the Provincial Parliament, for enlisting recruits for the American Army. The offence urged against Col. … Continue reading
Commerce? What Commerce?
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 7, 1861: Roclictis. –The late freshet played the very mischief with the wharf at Rocketts. It appears to have been turned quite upside down in some places, and ruin alone marks the scene of … Continue reading
