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Category Archives: Military Matters
Thanksgiving in April
It seems that proclamations calling for days devoted to prayer and fasting or thanksgiving were pretty common in the Civil War era – both North and South. 150 years ago today President Lincoln issued the following: PROCLAMATION RECOMMENDING THANKSGIVING FOR … Continue reading
“an elephant at a bridge”
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 10, 1862: Yorktown. There is yet nothing from Yorktown indicating an immediate fight. The enemy, now believed to be under McClellan, had, instead of attacking, after sending a few shot at long range, commenced … Continue reading
Big Tow Operation
150 years ago this fortnight a native son of Seneca Falls, New York wrote some letters home from far, far away at the mouth of the Mississippi River. JOHN was a mate in the Union navy that was preparing for … Continue reading
Yorktown Naval Battery
150 years ago today General George McClellan began the Union army advance up the Virginia Peninsula.The rebels say they are ready for a “second battle of Yorktown.” From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 4, 1862: The army of the Peninsula. … Continue reading
Where’s Jasper?
See the 57th Article of War It’s been a long time since I’ve copied anything from JASPER, The New-York Times’ antebellum Charleston correspondent. After the surrender of Fort Sumter JASPER escaped north to write again another day. In this piece … Continue reading
Letter from a “bagged rebel”
Fort Warren at Boston Harbor “had a reputation for humane treatment of its detainees.” Given the circumstances, I’d say that newspapers and whiskey from your home state (especially if that state is Kentucky) would go on the humane side of … Continue reading
“Melt the Bells”
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 1, 1862: To the patriotic — the value of Church Bells. The Ordnance Bureau of the Confederate States the use of such bells as can be spared during the war, for the purpose of … Continue reading
Turning Over in His Grave?
Disunion was off the table for the Great Compromiser 150 years ago this week The New-York Times was speculating on Union operations on the lower Mississippi. In a long article that quotes heavily from the Richmond Daily Dispatch the editors … Continue reading
Peninsula Prelude
As Union General McClellan ships his huge Army of the Potomac to Virginia Peninsula a couple sketchy reports are published by the Richmond press that seen to indicate things are heating up around Yorktown. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March … Continue reading
Working on the Railroad
Adviser Lee’s First General Order In early March 1862 Jefferson Davis recalled Robert E. Lee from the South Carolina area to Richmond to serve as the president’s military adviser. At the time the Richmond Daily Dispatch hailed Davis’ decision – … Continue reading
