Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

Pine Grove Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1863: The 33d Regiment. A correspondent of the Rochester Union in the 33d regiment, thus writes of a pleasant affair which occurred at Col. TAYLOR’s head quarters on Christmas day: Col. … Continue reading →

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Accidents Happen

Posted on December 22, 2012 by SUMPTER

From Project Gutenberg (Volume VI): CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 22, 1862. TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC: I have just read your general’s report of the battle of Fredericksburg. Although you were not … Continue reading →

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Crestfallen?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times December 18, 1862: GEN. BURNSIDE’S SUNDAY DISPATCH. The following is a copy of a dispatch from Gen. BURNSIDE to the President, sent and received on Sunday morning last, concerning the precise import and phraseology of which … Continue reading →

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Anaconda’s coil broken – again

Posted on December 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here’s some Southern rhetoric about the Confederacy’s great victory at Fredericksburg, which this editorial views as another failure of the North’s Anaconda Plan. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 18, 1862: Burnside’s Whereabouts. At the time of writing this article, … Continue reading →

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Doing the Dirgey Work

Posted on December 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today citizens in the Confederate capital were getting more news of the Battle of Fredericksburg and starting to make more sense of their victory and their losses. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 15, 1862: From Fredericksburg. … Continue reading →

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Localized Tally

Posted on December 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today Federal and Confederate generals were deciding their next steps in the aftermath of the December 13th slaughter at Fredericksburg, news of which would start making its way back to the public(s) at large. Here’s a couple … Continue reading →

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“beautiful and sharp fighting”

Posted on December 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a great Union blood bath occurred at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Belonging to W.F. Smith’s XI Corps, the 33rd New York Infantry Regiment supported artillery in William Franklin’s Left Grand Division. A quick recap of the … Continue reading →

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Richmond is ours!

Posted on December 12, 2012 by SUMPTER

Presidential Prophecy? From The New-York Times December 13, 1862: NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.; What the President Says About Affairs at Fredericksburgh. … WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 12. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS. Upon receiving the news from Fredericksburgh last evening, the President is … Continue reading →

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Why They Moved Hospital

Posted on December 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today General Burnside’s Union Army of the Potomac tried to cross the Rappahannock to attack General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. You can read a good account at Civil War Daily Gazette. … Continue reading →

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Tom Jackson’s Shoeless Troops

Posted on December 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

Federal attack at Fredericksburg not imminent – plenty of time to get shoes to Stonewall’s soldiers For about three weeks the Richmond Daily Dispatch has published a daily paragraph “From Fredericksburg.” News has leaked back that Union General Burnside had … Continue reading →

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