Category Archives: Southern Society

Pristine Farm Stands Out Like Sore Thumb

Posted on July 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

Well, Mr. Dudley can’t sell liquor anymore. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 21, 1862: A Richmond merchant arrested for alleged disloyalty. –Mr. T. Dudley, Jr., the well known liquor merchant, who formerly did business on the North side of … Continue reading →

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Jailers sure must be exempt

Posted on July 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 17, 1862: Show Your passes. –Citizens as well as soldiers must now show their passes, if they wish to avoid getting into trouble. Squads detailed for the purpose are patrolling the streets daily to … Continue reading →

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Separated State Trumps Church

Posted on July 16, 2012 by SUMPTER

Sorry – you’re a United States Presbyterian A little news from Charlotte, North Carolina. Things are going pretty well a good distance away from the Federral incursion. Similar to Wall Street in the North, cotton prices are tracking Confederate military … Continue reading →

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Richmond Rose?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

Some kind of propaganda seems to be going on here. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 11, 1862: Yankee Trick. A soldier from Georgia picked up on the battlefield, a Yankee “Richmond Dispatch,” which had been dropped by some dead … Continue reading →

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Goddess of Liberty on parade in Norfolk

Posted on July 10, 2012 by SUMPTER

This article makes it seem like there was quite a bit of genuine Union sentiment in Norfolk, Virginia in 1862. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 10, 1862: The Yankees Celebrating the Fourth of July in Norfolk. –The Yankees had … Continue reading →

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Cry, Our Beloved Country

Posted on July 4, 2012 by SUMPTER

unHappy Fourth of July! Yesterday the Republican-leaning New-York Times reflected on General McClellan’s retreat from near Richmond and got more fired up for the North to do whatever it took to put down the rebellion. In this editorial a Democrat-leaning … Continue reading →

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Carrots and (500,000) Sticks

Posted on June 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 26, 1862: “Governor”Stanly makes a speech. –The Yankee paper published in Washington, N. C., called the New Era, contains, in its issue of the 19th inst., a report of Stanly’s speech, made in that … Continue reading →

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His Three Sons

Posted on June 23, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 24, 1862: Neil S. Brown. –The Knoxville Register relates an incident which followed Neil S. Brown’s apostasy, which was calculated to bring a blush to the cheeks of the most hardened renegade. Brown has … Continue reading →

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Viva La Vega

Posted on June 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

Like Napoleon at Elba Even with over 100,000 Yankees a few miles away, it wasn’t all war news in the Confederate capital. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 21, 1862: Illustrating the Benefits of advertising. –Mr. George Horton, who lives … Continue reading →

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Richmond Racket

Posted on June 20, 2012 by SUMPTER

Arrest a substitute because he’s probably a deserter, and shoot a few to cut down on the nefarious practice. Well, I guess that would be an advantage of martial law. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 20, 1862: The substitute … Continue reading →

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