Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

Intervene for “Southern Freedom”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

And to end Europe’s cotton famine A couple posts ago a member of the 50th New York Engineers worried about foreign intervention in America’s Civil War. He urged men to volunteer right away so the rebellion could be put down … Continue reading →

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Jailers sure must be exempt

Posted on July 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 17, 1862: Show Your passes. –Citizens as well as soldiers must now show their passes, if they wish to avoid getting into trouble. Squads detailed for the purpose are patrolling the streets daily to … Continue reading →

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Separated State Trumps Church

Posted on July 16, 2012 by SUMPTER

Sorry – you’re a United States Presbyterian A little news from Charlotte, North Carolina. Things are going pretty well a good distance away from the Federral incursion. Similar to Wall Street in the North, cotton prices are tracking Confederate military … Continue reading →

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“we must be driven into the river”

Posted on July 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

This is basically a recruiting letter from a member of the 50th New York Engineers. No one seems to doubt that the Union Army of the Potomac is outnumbered by General Lee’s army. Another reason for the writer’s sense of … Continue reading →

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A Stickin’ Surgeon?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

From A Seneca Falls, New York newspaper in July, 1862: Dr S.R. Wells a Prisoner Intelligence has been received at Waterloo, from Washington, stating that Dr. SAMUEL R. WELLES, of that place, is a prisoner in the Confederate ranks. The … Continue reading →

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A Masterly Retreat

Posted on July 12, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here’s a long letter home from 150 years ago this week that talks mostly about the Seven Days’ Battles. The 33rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s main fight was the relatively minor Battle of Garnett’s & Golding’s Farm – the … Continue reading →

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Richmond Rose?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

Some kind of propaganda seems to be going on here. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 11, 1862: Yankee Trick. A soldier from Georgia picked up on the battlefield, a Yankee “Richmond Dispatch,” which had been dropped by some dead … Continue reading →

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Goddess of Liberty on parade in Norfolk

Posted on July 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

This article makes it seem like there was quite a bit of genuine Union sentiment in Norfolk, Virginia in 1862. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 10, 1862: The Yankees Celebrating the Fourth of July in Norfolk. –The Yankees had … Continue reading →

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Git!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to this image by Alfred R. Waud, 150 years ago this week some Virginia farmers were taking their shots at Union troops on the James:

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Union Jack Flew Over Fredericksburg

Posted on July 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

Well, leastways over one of its houses From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 7, 1862: Seward Backed out again. –In Fredericksburg the British flag was pulled down by Lincoln’s soldiers in front of the British Vice consul’s door. The Consul, … Continue reading →

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