Category Archives: Military Matters

First Louisiana Native Guard

Posted on September 27, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to Historynet, 150 years ago today the 1st Louisiana Native Guard became the first African-American regiment accepted into United States service. It was organized by Ben Butler during his military supervision of New Orleans. You can see more images … Continue reading →

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The Week+ in Review

Posted on September 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here a Democrat newspaper from upstate New York in a single column comments on three events on eight days in September: The Battle of Antietam on the 17th, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of the 22nd, and the president’s order subjecting … Continue reading →

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Care Packages Get the Thumbs Down

Posted on September 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

Hundreds of Tons Warehoused From The New-York Times September 26, 1862: Protest Against Sending Presents to Soldiers. CENTRAL OFFICE, SANITARY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1862. The Sanitary Commission, at the request of Gen. HALLECK, Commanding in Chief the Armies of … Continue reading →

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Hey Junius

Posted on September 24, 2012 by SUMPTER

A Democrat newspaper found a graphic way of illustrating Democrat support for the Civil War by using a table of enlistment results – its majority Democrat county easily reached its quota of volunteers under the federal administration’s call for 600,000 … Continue reading →

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Indiana Brothers

Posted on September 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to 14th Indiana Volunteers Phillip Letsinger was killed at Antietam.

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Team of dead-wood?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by SUMPTER

According to this report, an Albany, New York newspaper thinks the Confederacy is doing as well as it is in the rebellion because its government is non-partisan and set up on a war footing. The Lincoln administration, on the other … Continue reading →

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Report from Company A

Posted on September 19, 2012 by admin

150 years ago today George M. Guion wrote a report for his hometown newspaper about the casualties his unit suffered during the Battle of Antietam. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Letter from Captain Guion. BATTLEFIELD OF … Continue reading →

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Confederate Thanksgiving

Posted on September 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

Without a telegraph connection it took a long time for news to travel 150 years ago. I did not see an “extra”; there was not much accurate news about the Battle of Antietam in the Dispatch for a few days … Continue reading →

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Heroically Caring for the Wounded

Posted on September 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

During the Battle of Antietam the 33rd New York Infantry fought as part of William H. Irwin’s brigade, Baldy Smith’s division, William B. Franklin’s corps. According to Colonel Irwin’s report his brigade began fighting at about 10 AM in support … Continue reading →

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Bucktail Idol

Posted on September 16, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today George McClellan ordered Joseph Hooker’s corps of the Union Army of the Potomac to cross Antietam Creek at the north bridge near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was congregating. There was little … Continue reading →

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