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Category Archives: Confederate States of America
Death of a Southern Patriot from Delaware
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 4, 1862: Death of Lieut. Dunnott. Our readers will remember that we published, two or three weeks ago, an account of the extraordinary escape, from the Washington prison, of Lieut. H. H. Dunnott, a … Continue reading
Janus Looking Back
I love this photo from about 1913. It could be an exercise in a creative writing class – tell a story based on the image. An old Confederate thinking about the battle from fifty years ago. Parched and scared he … Continue reading
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Mrs. Wigfall Makes a Flag
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 31, 1861: Singular State flag. –The flag of the Texas camp, at Camp Wigfall, near Dumfries, Va., is made of the bridal dress of Mrs. Wigfall. Says the correspondent of the Austin Gazette: It … Continue reading
Relative Quiet in York County
Some Christmas Eve southern patriotism from the Virtus correspondent of the Dispatch. Virtus does not think there will be any general advance on up the Peninsula because it is too well defended and because the Yankees seemed to be too … Continue reading
Confederate Air Force?
Nascent B-52 About 12 and a half years ago I took a boat tour in Chattanooga. The guide said that the blue herons on the Tennessee River were referred to as the “Confederate Air Force”. Whoever came up with the … Continue reading
Must Read Literature
(Apparently some issues digitizing the following, but I think the main ideas come through.) From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 19, 1861: Southern literature. We learn that the new book–The Southern Spy–by Mr. E. A. Pollard, lately published by Messrs. … Continue reading
Generosity for Charleston
About a week ago a fire raged through part of Charleston. The catastrophe inspired a generous response from a non- South Carolina regiment From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 19, 1861: Liberal Contribution. –We learn, from able authority, that the … Continue reading
Fire Eats (part of) Charleston
On the night of December 11 – 12, 1861 a large portion of Charleston, South Carolina burned. The Richmond Daily Dispatch of December 14, 1861 printed Jefferson Davis’ reaction, in which the CSA president urged Congress to appropriate some money … Continue reading
Bad Flag Day
This editorial from the South is urging a different flag for the Confederacy. The “Stars and Bars” is too similar to the “Stars and Stripes”. Battlefield uncertainty has even included deaths from friendly fire because of the similarity (“bit the … Continue reading
Letter from Charleston
I’m not sure how factual this letter is, but I thought it was an interesting read, especially the two insurrectionist slaves burned to death and the southern unionist who was locked up for his beliefs and basically neglected to death. … Continue reading
