Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

No Pressure

Posted on September 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

Just save the American republic and millions yet to be born From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 16, 1862: The young Napoleon Redivivus. McClellan, like the straw to the drawing man, is again important at the North. The Herald, of … Continue reading →

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“like the Pope’s bull against the comet!”

Posted on September 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

In this letter dated 150 years ago yesterday President Lincoln admits to some religious folk from Chicago that the question of proclaiming liberty to the slaves “is on my mind, by day and night, more than any other.” But he … Continue reading →

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Pursuing coy maidens

Posted on September 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this month the CSS Alabama, commissioned on August 24, 1862 as a commerce raider and commanded by Raphael Semmes, began its career by capturing Yankee whaling ships around the Azores. The captured ships were burned after securing … Continue reading →

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“The hour of Maryland’s deliverance”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

And time for a little retaliation The Richmond editors are rallying the citizens to support the Confederate armies as they move to the offensive. I like the image of the Union army being like an eternal tide that advances into … Continue reading →

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No Bragg, Just Fact

Posted on September 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

General Bragg works to prevent the corruption of his troops. Seven Score and Ten points out that 150 years ago the Union high command was quite concerned about where Braxton Bragg was aiming his army as the Confederates were continuing … Continue reading →

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Enforcing the Monster’s Orders

Posted on September 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

Southern Pennsylvania and Dubuque, Iowa The first part of the following article is mostly an editorial in a southern Pennsylvania Democrat newspaper. Its opposition to the Lincoln administration’s orders against the discouragement of enlistment are very similar to an editorial … Continue reading →

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Stonewall Drafted?

Posted on September 1, 2012 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times August 31, 1862: GEN. JACKSON. “Stonewall” JACKSON replied as follows to a notification that he had been made a Life Director of the Confederate States Bible Society: HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, July 21, 1862. Rev. E.A. … Continue reading →

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The Perilous Chesapeake

Posted on August 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in August 1862: Letter from Capt. McDonald. We are permitted to publish the following extract from a letter written by Capt. MCDONALD to his wife in this village: FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. 25, 1862. … Continue reading →

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Don’t pray for our enemy

Posted on August 20, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 18, 1862: “Sketch of Dabney Carr Harrison.” This is the title of one of the most touching and beautiful portraitures ever drawn of the life and death of a Christian hero. The author is … Continue reading →

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Take it to the northern armies

Posted on August 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

A reason for the South to take the offensive right away Strike the northern armies before they can train the 600,000 new recruits From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 18, 1862: The New Yankee army. The desperate efforts of the … Continue reading →

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