Category Archives: Military Matters

No Pressure

Posted on September 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

Just save the American republic and millions yet to be born From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 16, 1862: The young Napoleon Redivivus. McClellan, like the straw to the drawing man, is again important at the North. The Herald, of … Continue reading →

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“The hour of Maryland’s deliverance”

Posted on September 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

And time for a little retaliation The Richmond editors are rallying the citizens to support the Confederate armies as they move to the offensive. I like the image of the Union army being like an eternal tide that advances into … Continue reading →

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No Bragg, Just Fact

Posted on September 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

General Bragg works to prevent the corruption of his troops. Seven Score and Ten points out that 150 years ago the Union high command was quite concerned about where Braxton Bragg was aiming his army as the Confederates were continuing … Continue reading →

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A Noble Canandaiguan

Posted on September 8, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1862: The Right Kind of Volunteer. CONRAD BANCROFT, of the town of Canandaigua, has enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Griswold, in Col. Johnson’s regiment, now being formed … Continue reading →

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Enforcing the Monster’s Orders

Posted on September 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

Southern Pennsylvania and Dubuque, Iowa The first part of the following article is mostly an editorial in a southern Pennsylvania Democrat newspaper. Its opposition to the Lincoln administration’s orders against the discouragement of enlistment are very similar to an editorial … Continue reading →

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Belle & the Boys Released

Posted on September 3, 2012 by SUMPTER

The Dix–Hill Cartel of July 22, 1862 regulated the exchange of Union and Confederate prisoners. Aiken’s Landing on the James River became a major exchange location. The following letter seems to describe the the Dix-Hill cartel at work. Confederate spy … Continue reading →

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The Four Percent

Posted on August 31, 2012 by SUMPTER

Two from Seneca County, New York newspapers in August 1862: In all the Government hospitals in the United States there are now 28,000 patients, or about four per cent. of the soldiers who have been mustered into the United States … Continue reading →

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Fallen

Posted on August 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

I was drawn to the following photograph because I did not realize that tricorn hats were worn by Civil War soldiers. As it turns out, Private Thomas Green was killed 150 years ago today at the Second Battle of Bull … Continue reading →

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Nice Try

Posted on August 27, 2012 by SUMPTER

I don’t know how true this is, but it is a pretty creative way to try to hinder the Confederate advance in northern Virginia. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 27, 1862: A Daring spy Hung. A man named Mason, … Continue reading →

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The Perilous Chesapeake

Posted on August 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in August 1862: Letter from Capt. McDonald. We are permitted to publish the following extract from a letter written by Capt. MCDONALD to his wife in this village: FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. 25, 1862. … Continue reading →

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