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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
Torture on Governors Island?
Apparently, conditions on New York’s Governors Island are nearly intolerable for Confederate officers captured during the recent Cape Hatteras operation. From The New-York Times September 12, 1861: Americans who do not Delight in Yankee Doodle. To the Editor of the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Fort (Jay) Columbus, Governor's Island
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Clemency, This Time
From The New-York Times September 10, 1861: THE GREAT REBELLION.; … SPECIAL DISPATCH FR0M WASHINGTON. … WASHINGTON, Monday, Sept. 9. … DISPATCH TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON, Monday, Sept. 9. Major-General MCCLELLAN has issued the following order: HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE … Continue reading
“this war must go on”
It’s election season once again. In this letter, General Benjamin F. Butler, during the Union combined navy-army operation against Cape Hatteras, responds to those who want to know if he is interested in opposing the Republican Massachusetts Governor John Andrew … Continue reading
Rhino on the Loose
A Little Civil War Break I’m assuming this story takes place around LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The Richmond Daily Dispatch published it 150 years ago yesterday. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 7, 1861: A rhinoceros at large. –He Attacks a Man. … Continue reading
Pro-Union Flag Day, 1861
According to the Library of Congress these are a couple prints based on paintings by William Bauly. The Union flag painting could be based on a post-Sumter painting by Frederic Edwin Church. Both works were deposited for copyright on September … Continue reading
Rebel Flags at Half-Mast?
From From The New-York Times September 6, 1861: THE DEATH OF JEFF. DAVIS REAFFIRMED. LOUISVILLE, Thursday, Sept. 5. A gentleman just from Richmond, who passed through this city this morning, says that on Saturday evening the serious illness of JEFF. … Continue reading
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Tagged Jefferson Davis, war rumors
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NYPD: Sedition Squad
As early as May, 1861 pro-Union Americans in Europe sent a battery of cannon to the U.S. government. Among the several alleged anti-Union acts detailed here, a British subject living in New York City is trying to induce a ship’s … Continue reading
View from a Richmond Hospital
Although The New-York Times is a pro-Republican paper, it isn’t afraid to publish a letter critical of Lincoln and Scott, which is interesting considering all the violence and suppression aimed at pro-Southern newspapers in the North at about this time. … Continue reading
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Tagged 69th New York, Michael Corcoran, wounded soldiers
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Long War a Boon to South
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 31, 1861: A long war has its advantages. Many in the South desire a long war. They will hardly be gratified by the Yankees, who do not desire any prolongation of a condition of … Continue reading
“Angel to the South”
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 31, 1861: Meeting of Alabamians. At a meeting of the citizens of Alabama, held at the Ballard House in the city of Richmond, Va., on Wednesday evening, Aug. 28, to take into consideration some … Continue reading
