Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Week

News from 150 years ago

His Three Sons

Posted on June 23, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 24, 1862: Neil S. Brown. –The Knoxville Register relates an incident which followed Neil S. Brown’s apostasy, which was calculated to bring a blush to the cheeks of the most hardened renegade. Brown has … Continue reading →

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Pep talk from General Longstreet

Posted on June 22, 2012 by SUMPTER

Battle sounds worse than it is. “Keep cool, obey orders, and aim low” From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 23, 1862: Gen. Longstreet’s address. The following address has been issued to the men of his division by Gen. Longstreet. It … Continue reading →

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Viva La Vega

Posted on June 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

Like Napoleon at Elba Even with over 100,000 Yankees a few miles away, it wasn’t all war news in the Confederate capital. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 21, 1862: Illustrating the Benefits of advertising. –Mr. George Horton, who lives … Continue reading →

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Richmond Racket

Posted on June 20, 2012 by SUMPTER

Arrest a substitute because he’s probably a deserter, and shoot a few to cut down on the nefarious practice. Well, I guess that would be an advantage of martial law. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 20, 1862: The substitute … Continue reading →

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Would-be Chaplain Praises Acting Surgeon

Posted on June 19, 2012 by SUMPTER

The following article in a Seneca Falls, New York newspaper from June 1862 came immediately after the story of the lingering death of Charles Mensch, so I guess the editors were developing a medical theme. A Merited Compliment The Chaplain … Continue reading →

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(Our) jobs depend on it!

Posted on June 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

Rags for Rags? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 18, 1862: Rags and raw cotton Wanted. The paper mill in this city, now our sole dependence for a supply of printing paper, is very much in want of material for … Continue reading →

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“they mowed our men down like grass”

Posted on June 16, 2012 by SUMPTER

You can read all about it at Civil War Daily Gazette and The Civil War 150th Blog. Here a man from Seneca Falls, New York, who volunteered for the 8th Michigan, describes the Battle of Secessionville in a letter home. … Continue reading →

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Toddy Mixer Locked Up!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

Mint juleps only a memory under Richmond’s martial law? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 17 (or 16), 1862: Provost guard. –Capt. Bossieux’s company is doing provost guard duty in the Eastern District, and have proved themselves energetic in the … Continue reading →

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Poetic Pelican

Posted on June 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

Defending hearth and home still a great motivator. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 14 1862: Impromptu. by a soldier. Through this deserted cottage now No gentle footsteps fall; These silent walls, they echo not with childhood’s merry call! Where … Continue reading →

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“lurking about his wife”

Posted on June 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 13, 1862: Look out, police and city Guards. –$20 dollars reward will be paid for the recovery of my boy Nat, to whom I gave a pass to visit his wife, near the New … Continue reading →

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