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Category Archives: Military Matters
An Important Sentence
From The New-York Times August 27, 1861: The Great Rebellion … … DISPATCH TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 26. … Capt. FOOTE has been ordered to the command of the United States naval forces on the Western waters … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaconda Plan, Andrew Hull Foote, Winfield Scott
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Wheat and Locomotives
From The New-York Times August 25, 1861: IMPORTANT FROM BALTIMORE.; CAPTURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLOUR AND WHEAT. BALTIMORE, Friday. Aug. 24. The agent of the Associated Press. with, the Army, sends the following from Hyattstown: Gentlemen from Harper’s Ferry … Continue reading
Surrounded at Hyattstown
The last we saw of the 19th NY Volunteer Infantry it was encamped at Pleasant Valley, Maryland as part of General Banks’ army. During the month of August there was some grumbling in the 19th. Initially they had assumed that … Continue reading
Going to Market in Richmond
8-24-2013: I found out yesterday I made a mistake in this post by implying that Alfred Ely was imprisoned at Libby. I believe he spent most of his prison time at Liggons Tobacco Warehouse. I apologize. The 69th New York … Continue reading
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Tagged 69th New York, Alfred Ely, Libby Prison, Prisoners of War, Richmond
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Back to Work
From The New-York Times August 20, 1861: GEN. WOOL AT FORTRESS MONROE. FORTRESS MONROE, Sunday, Aug. 18, via BALTIMORE, Monday, Aug. 19. Gen. WOOL assumed command at Old Point this morning. Lieut. C.C. CHURCH is acting as AdjutantGeneral. The presence … Continue reading
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Tagged Fortress Monroe, John Ellis Wool
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“crying for water”
Fahrenheit 111 We’ve been following the 19th New York Volunteer Infantry. 150 years ago they were encamped with the rest of General Banks’ Union army north of the Potomac in Maryland. According to Henry Hall in Cayuga in the Field … Continue reading
Fort Ellsworth: Death and (Un)Discipline
From The New-York Times August 3, 1861: REPORTS FROM ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Friday, Aug. 2. The execution of private WM. MURRAY, of Company F, Second New-Hampshire Regiment, for the murder of MARY BUTLER, on Saturday last, took place this afternoon. In … Continue reading
Orders from General Scott
From The New-York Times August 2, 1861: THE GREAT REBELLION. … Important Orders Issued by General Scott. More Caution to be Observed in Searching for Arms and Making Arrests. The Rebels Desecrating Mount Vernon. … WASHINGTON, Thursday, Aug. 1. The … Continue reading
Papers, Rock, Scissored
We found out a couple days ago that the 19th NY Volunteer Infantry had arrived in Pleasant Valley, Maryland. General Nathaniel P. Banks, having taken command of Robert Patterson’s Union army, decided to move it north of the Potomac River. … Continue reading
A Bishop on Jeff’s Chessboard
150 years ago today we Yankees could have read the proclamation of Leonidas Polk upon taking command of Confederate Department No.2. From The New-York Times July 29, 1861: PROCLAMATION OF MAJOR-GENERAL POLK The annexed proclamation appears in the Memphis Avalanche … Continue reading
