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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
Peace Petitions from the Cataract County
Peace or Maybe Treason Depending on Your Perspective From The New-York Times August 31, 1861: THE TRAITORS IN NIAGARA COUNTY. he Baltimore Exchange is happy in being permitted to copy the following letter, which has been addressed to Hon. J.C. … Continue reading
Assault on an Abolitionist
More Violence in New Hampshire From The New-York Times August 28, 1861: ASSAULT UPON HON. JOHN P. HALE. — On Saturday afternoon, upon the arrival of Hon. JOHN P. HALE at the depot in Dover, N.H. (the place of his … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Northern Society
Tagged abolitionists, Dover New hampshire, John P. Hale
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An Important Sentence
From The New-York Times August 27, 1861: The Great Rebellion … … DISPATCH TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 26. … Capt. FOOTE has been ordered to the command of the United States naval forces on the Western waters … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Anaconda Plan, Andrew Hull Foote, Winfield Scott
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Shovel Manufacturer Does His Part
To Aid Secession’s Cause You can read a good account of the pro-Union attack on the Bridgeport Advertiser & Farmer at the Civil War Daily Gazette. The northern loyalists found some interesting items while ransacking the newspapers offices. From The … Continue reading
Wheat and Locomotives
From The New-York Times August 25, 1861: IMPORTANT FROM BALTIMORE.; CAPTURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLOUR AND WHEAT. BALTIMORE, Friday. Aug. 24. The agent of the Associated Press. with, the Army, sends the following from Hyattstown: Gentlemen from Harper’s Ferry … Continue reading
American Bastille?
From The New-York Times August 24, 1861: IMPORTANT ARRESTS.; OVER $200,000 SEIZED BY THE POLICE. A day or two ago, information was received at Police Head-quarters, that a wealthy merchant and tobacco manufacturer, residing at Petersburgh, Va., was in the … Continue reading
Surrounded at Hyattstown
The last we saw of the 19th NY Volunteer Infantry it was encamped at Pleasant Valley, Maryland as part of General Banks’ army. During the month of August there was some grumbling in the 19th. Initially they had assumed that … Continue reading
Going to Market in Richmond
8-24-2013: I found out yesterday I made a mistake in this post by implying that Alfred Ely was imprisoned at Libby. I believe he spent most of his prison time at Liggons Tobacco Warehouse. I apologize. The 69th New York … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged 69th New York, Alfred Ely, Libby Prison, Prisoners of War, Richmond
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Back to Work
From The New-York Times August 20, 1861: GEN. WOOL AT FORTRESS MONROE. FORTRESS MONROE, Sunday, Aug. 18, via BALTIMORE, Monday, Aug. 19. Gen. WOOL assumed command at Old Point this morning. Lieut. C.C. CHURCH is acting as AdjutantGeneral. The presence … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Fortress Monroe, John Ellis Wool
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Dangling: Reasons to Head North
This story is said to be from the Cincinnati Gazette of August 8, 1861. It was published in The New-York TimesAugust 18, 1861: A NEW-YORKER’S EXPERIENCE IN MISSISSIPPI. LORENZO D. PATRICK, Esq., arrived in this city on Monday last, from … Continue reading
