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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week
tough nut to shell
It’s already going on three years since the federal garrison at Fort Sumter was evacuated as the shooting war started. But the Union wasn’t content to leave with its tail between its legs. The North had been trying to retake … Continue reading
down on the farmers
What price should Virginia farmers charge the Confederate army for their produce? An editorial from 150 years ago thought a low price was in the farmers’ self-interest. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 11, 1864: The Farmers and the army. … Continue reading
nurses should be paid
From The New-York Times January 10, 1864: Ladies’ National Army Relief Association. WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. 7, 1864. To the Editor of the New-York Times: Thankful for your courtesy in publishing my letter in your issue of the 3d, I desire … Continue reading
comfortable Richmond
Almost three years into the war people in Richmond can still get a good meal at the Spotswood Hotel, a place apparently far-removed from the Bread Riot Richmond of April 1863. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 9, 1864: Deserving … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Southern Society
Tagged Richmond, southern scarcity
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boy martyr
On January 8, 1864 “Seventeen-year-old David O. Dodd is hanged as a Confederate spy in Little Rock, Arkansas.” David Owen Dodd was caught with sensitive documents on his trip from Union-occupied Little Rock back to his family in Camden, Arkansas. … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Arkansas, David Owen Dodd, federal occupation, Little Rock, Spies
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rosy outlook from dismal science
How can the Northern economy be doing relatively well given the labor and wealth wasted on the war? High labor productivity applied to a big and well-endowed country that can take in large numbers of immigrants, who add to the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Northern Society
Tagged free labor, northern economy, productivity
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big squeeze at the meat market
Hey, civilians have to eat, too From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 6, 1864: The meat Market, in 17th street, was the scene of no little excitement yesterday morning, caused by the appearance of a C. S. officer, who purchased … Continue reading
resolution
Another army campaign season has drawn to a close and Richmond still hasn’t fallen. The Confederate Congress said thanks. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 4, 1863: Confederate States Congress. The Senate was called to order by Mr. Hunter, of … Continue reading
life insurance on property
An advertisement from the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 28, 1863: Slave Insurance Lynchburg Hose and fire Insurance Company. Slaves insured by this company for one or a term of years on favorable terms Wm A Charters, Increase Agent. Office 11th … Continue reading
riddle me this
The Christmastime issue of Harper’s was full of “Humors of the Day.” Here’s a couple of examples. From the December 26, 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly at Son of the South: What’s the use of a seat of war to … Continue reading
