Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

Putting Mouth Where Money Is

Posted on January 10, 2013 by SUMPTER

According to Wikipedia The three major tasks of the Confederate Navy during the whole of its existence were the protection of Southern harbors and coastlines from outside invasion, making the war costly for the United States by attacking U.S. merchant … Continue reading →

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Emancipation: the Rebels Did It

Posted on January 9, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a Richmond newspaper printed a document issued by Nathaniel Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, explaining the effect of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on the people of Louisiana. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January … Continue reading →

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Jackson & Lee

Posted on January 8, 2013 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 8, 1863: Testimonial to Lieut. Gen. Jackson. The citizens of the county of Augusta, in appreciation of the services of this distinguished chieftain, have presented him with an elegant horse and equipments. The following … Continue reading →

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President Home

Posted on January 7, 2013 by SUMPTER

On December 10, 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis left Richmond for a tour of the western states, the western seats of war. He returned to Richmond on January 5, 1863: He was weary and he looked it, and with cause, … Continue reading →

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Little Fireside Chats

Posted on January 5, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper on January 3, 1863: CONFIDENCE IN THE ARMY OF M’CLELLAN. – S.P. Allen, Esq. editor of the Rochester Democrat, on a visit to the Army of the Potomac, at Fredericksburg, writes that paper … Continue reading →

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Jubilee

Posted on January 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times January 1, 1863: GRAND EMANCIPATION JUBILEE.; A Night-watch of Freedom at Shiloh Church Great Excitement and Rejoicing Among the Colored People Prayers, Speeches, Songs, Dirges and Shouts. The Chimes at Trinity. RINGING THE OLD YEAR OUT … Continue reading →

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Chaplain’s Last Fight

Posted on January 3, 2013 by SUMPTER

News of a Christmas eve burial via Richmond. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 2, 1863: Death of a fighting Chaplain. Rev. Arthur B. Fuller, Chaplain of a Massachusetts regiment, who was killed at Fredericksburg, was buried at Boston on … Continue reading →

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Beware the Spinmeisters

Posted on January 2, 2013 by SUMPTER

As a new year began journalists North and South discredited each other and saw good things for 1863 if their respective peoples persevered in the war efforts. Here’s a couple excerpts. From The New-York Times January 1, 1863: The New … Continue reading →

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Fireworks for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

Why it’s good to keep your pilot on board ship. In the very early hours of 1863 a combined Confederate force under John Bankhead Magruder attacked the Union occupiers of Galveston, Texas. During the Battle of Galveston (or the Second … Continue reading →

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Christmas Thank-offering

Posted on December 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

Fredericksburg refugees caught between plundering Yankee army of he North and the spirit of extortion in the Southern Yankee businessmen. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 25, 1862: Appeal for Fredericksburg. The citizens of Fredericksburg have been great sufferers by … Continue reading →

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