Category Archives: Southern Society

(Our) jobs depend on it!

Posted on June 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

Rags for Rags? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 18, 1862: Rags and raw cotton Wanted. The paper mill in this city, now our sole dependence for a supply of printing paper, is very much in want of material for … Continue reading →

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Toddy Mixer Locked Up!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

Mint juleps only a memory under Richmond’s martial law? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 17 (or 16), 1862: Provost guard. –Capt. Bossieux’s company is doing provost guard duty in the Eastern District, and have proved themselves energetic in the … Continue reading →

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Poetic Pelican

Posted on June 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

Defending hearth and home still a great motivator. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 14 1862: Impromptu. by a soldier. Through this deserted cottage now No gentle footsteps fall; These silent walls, they echo not with childhood’s merry call! Where … Continue reading →

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“lurking about his wife”

Posted on June 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 13, 1862: Look out, police and city Guards. –$20 dollars reward will be paid for the recovery of my boy Nat, to whom I gave a pass to visit his wife, near the New … Continue reading →

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Market Watch

Posted on June 11, 2012 by SUMPTER

Richmond Newsboys Overcharging; Scarcity at the Produce Markets From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 11, 1862: Flotation of Newspaper boys. The practice among newsboys of overcharging strangers and residents in the city for the Dispatch having become so common, we … Continue reading →

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General Hospital (#1)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by SUMPTER

Nursing opportunities in Black and White as war progresses From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 9, 1862: Wanted — Nurses. –Wanted immediately, at the General Hospital, twenty men, white or black, to act as Nurses. I will give twenty dollars … Continue reading →

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Amusements South and North

Posted on June 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

In early June 1862 Richmond was hard pressed by the huge Union army a few miles to the north, but despite the “general gloom” there was still some entertainment advertised. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch Saturday, June 7, 1862: The … Continue reading →

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With a Determination Like Julius Caesar’s

Posted on May 31, 2012 by SUMPTER

And a fatalism like Napoleon’s On May 25, 1862 Stonewall Jackson’s Confederate army won the First Battle of Winchester. As The Civil War 150th Blog points out Jackson had “had become a national hero”. Here’s some evidence for that from … Continue reading →

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Blowing Bubbles

Posted on May 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

People have been blowing bubbles a long time, apparently. You can read a description of the picture’s elements at the Library of Congress

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Fiat Money in Memphis

Posted on May 23, 2012 by SUMPTER

P.G.T. Beauregard’s Fiat: Accept Confederate Money or Get Arrested From the Richmond Daily Dispatch May 22, 1862: Confederate Monkey [Money] at Memphis. –General Beauregard has taken the Confederate credit in hand at Memphis. as will be seen by the following … Continue reading →

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