Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

men versus munitions model?

Posted on October 21, 2014 by SUMPTER

I’ve heard about the Guns versus butter economic model. As the number of men in Confederate armies diminished, it appears that the government tried to get more soldiers in the field while still producing enough ordnance to keep shooting at … Continue reading →

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northern exposure

Posted on October 20, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago yesterday St. Albans, Vermont was “raided” by a band of Confederates led by Bennett Henderson Young. The rebels entered Vermont via Canada and took rooms in St. Albans’ hotels. On the 19th they held up three banks … Continue reading →

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constitutional

Posted on October 18, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this month voters in Maryland narrowly approved a new state constitution that outlawed slavery. The votes of Maryland soldiers serving in the Union army proved to be decisive. President Lincoln probably was pleased with the Maryland vote … Continue reading →

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bombs bursting in air

Posted on October 15, 2014 by SUMPTER

Oh, to be iron-clad from head to foot. … but we drone on. The Yankees are still shelling Charleston. In this correspondence concerning the night of September 30th, some civilians were wounded, and, while the writer was amused by the … Continue reading →

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spinning victory

Posted on October 13, 2014 by SUMPTER

Apparently both the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a Republican newspaper, The New-York Times, claimed victory in the October 10 or 11, 1864 Pennsylvania state election. And they both saw their victory as a victory for the Union. … Continue reading →

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at winter quarters

Posted on October 11, 2014 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1864: From the First Veteran Cavalry. Camp Piatt – Kanawha Salt Works – Coal and Oil – Politics in the Army. CAMP PIATT, W.Va., Oct. 12, 1864. FRIEND STOWELL: – It is … Continue reading →

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“stickler for that obsolete thing”

Posted on October 10, 2014 by SUMPTER

Richmond citizens were probably happy to hear that an ” Old Line Whig” opposed Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in the 1864 campaign. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 10, 1864: M’Clellan meeting at Rochester. A great meeting had been held at … Continue reading →

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lifesaving frost

Posted on October 9, 2014 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in October 1864: DEATH OF LIEUT. HILLIS. – Lieut. D.D. Hillis, of the 3d N.Y. Artillery, died at Newbern, N.C. a few days since, of Yellow Fever. Lieut. Hillis was very generally known … Continue reading →

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what’s a conservative to do?

Posted on October 4, 2014 by SUMPTER

According to this editorial, if conservatives don’t like change, they should vote for President Lincoln because 1) a change in administrations would mean a huge change in the federal civil bureaucracy and military organization, which Davis and Lee would try … Continue reading →

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“courage, manliness and high-toned chivalry”

Posted on October 3, 2014 by SUMPTER

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II WWII General Patton’s grandfather died for his country on … Continue reading →

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