Category Archives: Southern Society

laughing gassed?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 26, 1864: A “convention of the dentists of the Confederacy” is called, to meet at Augusta, Georgia, on the 28th instant–to pull Sherman’s teeth, probably. You can keep up with the progress of the … Continue reading →

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“insurrectionists cried out for mercy”

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SUMPTER

A Richmond newspaper admired the effectiveness and restraint of the Confederate garrison that thwarted an attempted mass escape by Union prisoners at Salisbury, North Carolina. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in December 1864: Attempt of the Union Prisoners … Continue reading →

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between God and the people

Posted on November 20, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today The New-York Times wasn’t sure where Sherman’s army was headed, but it knew he was sweeping and destroying. It published a table of distances for possible destinations and reprinted an article from the November 18th Cincinnati … Continue reading →

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“oblations to themselves”

Posted on November 10, 2014 by SUMPTER

Unsurprisingly, a Richmond paper was thankful the South wasn’t like Yankeedom. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 10, 1864: Thursday morning….November 10, 1864. Lincoln’s thanksgiving day. We observe that Lincoln, with commendable gratitude, has issued his proclamation for a day … Continue reading →

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big purses

Posted on October 29, 2014 by SUMPTER

Despite the manpower shortage, rotten weather, and the annoying “Yankee invasion”, 150 years ago this week residents of Richmond could look forward to horse races at a local track. Apparently jockeys were exempt from the Confederate draft. From the Richmond … Continue reading →

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self-defense

Posted on October 22, 2014 by SUMPTER

About three weeks before the U.S. presidential election the October 22, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly (at Son of the South) took a swipe at the peace-loving Democrats: War, cold steel … don’t forget plundering the civilian population, as the … Continue reading →

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bombs bursting in air

Posted on October 15, 2014 by SUMPTER

Oh, to be iron-clad from head to foot. … but we drone on. The Yankees are still shelling Charleston. In this correspondence concerning the night of September 30th, some civilians were wounded, and, while the writer was amused by the … Continue reading →

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spy drowned

Posted on October 1, 2014 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 4, 1864: Drowned. —Mrs. Rose Greenhow, well known in the Confederacy for her sufferings in its cause, –having been for months confined in the political prison at Washington,–was drowned on Saturday last near Wilmington, … Continue reading →

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genius vs. scum

Posted on September 26, 2014 by SUMPTER

Some more Monday morning defiant optimism from the editors at the Richmond Daily Dispatch on September 26, 1864: Monday morning…September 26, 1864. That we are approaching a very critical period of our existence as a people in certain. Within one … Continue reading →

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calling on negroes, the disabled

Posted on September 12, 2014 by SUMPTER

… and legislators? “X” from Petersburg is concerned about getting more men into the Confederacy’s armies to try to at least partially offset additions to Northern forces. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 12, 1864: From General Lee’s Army. (From … Continue reading →

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