Category Archives: Military Matters

“more indignation and alarm”

Posted on November 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

No surprise here. A Seneca County newspaper that was strongly oriented in favor of the Democratic Party is unhappy with President Lincoln and his administration for the removal of George McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. This … Continue reading →

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Mac Heads North

Posted on November 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

Seneca County in upstate New York voted mostly for the Democratic party in 1862. In late September a group of men in the town of Seneca Falls named a political club after George B. McClellan, the commander of the Army … Continue reading →

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Any day now

Posted on October 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

Civil War Daily Gazette has been doing a great job giving us the interplay between President Lincoln and General McClellan as the president tries to gently goad his general into getting the army south of the Potomac and attacking the … Continue reading →

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Heroes Three

Posted on October 27, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 27, 1862: Pictures of Southern Generals. –The Columbus (Ga.)Times publishes from the pen of its army correspondent, the following pictures of three of our prominent Generals: Gen. Lee has, I believe, won his way … Continue reading →

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Rejoice! (at least for today)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

Reasons to procrastinate – the president marks the ways 150 years ago this President Lincoln resorted to sarcasm to try to get George McClellan and his Army of the Potomac south of the Potomac. As the Stars and Bars Blog … Continue reading →

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Stop Drunk Ambulance Driving

Posted on October 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to Civil War Home, in August 1862 General McClellan ordered the creation of a more professional ambulance corps for the Army of the Potomac under the supervision of the army’s medical director. Apparently the results were still not too … Continue reading →

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“Three cheers for the hope of America”

Posted on October 5, 2012 by SUMPTER

President Lincoln stopped in Frederick, Maryland on his way back to the nation’s capital after vising General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac at Antietam. Our correspondent saw the brief storm that hit Frederick during the president’s visit as … Continue reading →

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Cutting Wires

Posted on October 4, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to the Naval Historical Center, “A landing party from Thomas Freeborn cut telegraph lines stretching from Occoquan and Fredericksburg, Va., to Richmond, Va., on 4 October 1862.” It’s already been 15 months since the Freeborn’s commander, James Harmon Ward, … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Ullman

Posted on October 3, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 4 (or 3), 1862: A military Politician. –Among the latest arrivals of Yankee officers is Daniel Ullman, formerly the great gun of the Know Nothings of New York. He was operating on the line … Continue reading →

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Friendly Fire

Posted on October 1, 2012 by SUMPTER

More posing for the camera.

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