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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
Celebrating & Ensuring Allegiance to the Constitution
From The New-York Times September 18, 1861: ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, Sept. 17. The anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution is being duly celebrated here. Salutes were fired at sunrise and at noon. The … Continue reading
Great Find!
Talk about being on Cloud Nine – a paragraph from 150 years ago involving the two wars and an exciting find. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 23, 1861: A genuine Relic of the Revolution. –We are informed that not … Continue reading
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Tagged American revolution, Charles Cornwallis, Yorktown Virginia
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On To Washington!
From The New-York Times September 22, 1861: INACTIVITY OF THE SOUTHERN ARMY. A letter in the Savannah (Ga.) News, dated Aug. 27, says: “The chief topic of conversation here is the inactivity of the Army. Much criticism has been passed … Continue reading
Engineers Headed to Seat of War
From The New-York Times September 20, 1861: ARRIVAL OF AN ENGINEER REGIMENT FROM ELMIRA. The Engineer Regiment, commanded by Col. CHARLES B. STUART, which has been encamped at Elmira since August, arrived in this City yesterday morning via the Erie … Continue reading
Snippets from Charleston
Three from the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 19, 1861: 1860 was, of course, a census year. Here’s the results from a hotbed of secession. Census of Charleston. The Charleston (S. C.) Mercury of the 3d has the subjoined carefully compiled … Continue reading
Ivy League Notebook: “Pumping on a Secessionist”
From The New-York Times September 18, 1861: PRINCETON COLLEGE.; Three Students Dismissed for Pumping on a Secessionist. Correspondence of the New-York Times. PRINCETON, N.J., Sunday,Sept. 15, 1861. Within the last few days the venerable shades of Nassau Hall have witnessed … Continue reading
Granny to Run War Department?
LeRoy Pope Walker has stepped down as secretary of War in the CSA cabinet. A Richmond newspaper speculates on his possible replacement. Robert E.(Granny) Lee has been mentioned, although the Daily Dispatch thinks President Davis should try for more geographical … Continue reading
Sumpter Returns
From The New-York Times September 16, 1861: RETURN OF THE AFRICAN SQUADRON. The United States steam gun-boat Sumter arrived in this port yesterday morning, from St. Paul de Loando, Africa. She is the avant-courier of the African squadron, the whole … Continue reading
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Tagged Union Blockade, Union Navy, USS Sumpter
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Judah Sunk
150 years ago today early in the AM Union forces from the USS Colorado off Pensacola boarded the suspected privateer Judah at Confederate-held the Navy yard. The Confederates on Judah fought the Federals, but the ship was successfully set afire … Continue reading
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Tagged Gideon Welles, John Henry Russell, Pensacola, USS Colorado
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Keeping Calm in the East Indies
It apparently took about a couple months for news to get from the East India Squadron to New York. From The New-York Times September 13, 1861: THE EAST INDIA SQUADRON. The following general order which has been issued by the … Continue reading
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Tagged corn, Cornelius Stribling
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