Category Archives: Southern Society

But “An Army Marches On Its Stomach”

Posted on December 1, 2011 by SUMPTER

Impressing Slaves, Wagons, and Teams for Rebel Army Means Smaller Wheat Crop From The New-York Times December 1, 1861: GRIEVANCE. The Richmond Whig complains bitterly of the grievance suffered by the farming community from the impressment of negroes, and wagons … Continue reading →

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Southern Patriotism: King Cotton on the Pyre

Posted on November 29, 2011 by SUMPTER

Since the Battle of Port Royal Union troops have been stationed in the vicinity of Beaufort, South Carolina. Some planters started burning their cotton to prevent it falling into Union hands. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 29, 1861: The … Continue reading →

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Seizing Salt in Savannah

Posted on November 26, 2011 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 26, 1861: A salt Stampede and its Finale. The Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel, of the 23d inst., says: Upon the reception of the news that Governor Brown was appropriating salt at other points, the article … Continue reading →

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Warm Clothes Needed for ‘Refugee’ Rebel Soldiers

Posted on November 25, 2011 by SUMPTER

We’ve seen the Union military ask Northerners to make mittens for its troops as the weather gets colder. Here a Richmond paper is asking citizens to send warm clothing to the troops from the burned down Hampton, Virginia. From the … Continue reading →

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“Peculators and Speculators”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 9, 1861: A Righteous man. The mania for speculating upon the necessities of the poor is prevailing to an alarming extent throughout our Confederacy. All over the country there is a set of peculators … Continue reading →

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Parson Shuts Down

Posted on November 8, 2011 by SUMPTER

We’ve seen evidence that the Lincoln administration has been shutting down opposition newspapers. 150 years ago today the news made it to Gotham that a similar event occurred in the Confederacy. Parson William Brownlow had announced he was suspending publication … Continue reading →

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Responding to Need

Posted on October 29, 2011 by SUMPTER

The war is disrupting the economies of North and South. Here’s a couple Southern examples from the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 29, 1861: Deserves Emulation. A free market has been opened in Mobile for those who are not able to … Continue reading →

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D—-d Hessians!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by SUMPTER

An editorial from the October 26, 1861 edition of the Richmond Daily Dispatch: Who are we fighting? –The term “Yankee” ought no longer to be applied to the enemy. Such a term is not just to the fighting men on … Continue reading →

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Bonnie Blue Flag

Posted on October 21, 2011 by SUMPTER

Modify the Tadeusz Kościuszko Flag The Richmond Daily Dispatch didn’t publish the news about the October 21, 1861 Confederate victory at Ball’s Bluff until the 23rd – a day later than The New-York Times. The following article comes from that … Continue reading →

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“we lack enterprise …” ???

Posted on October 14, 2011 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 14, 1861: Fuel. –The difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of coal would not be a source of extreme annoyance to our people, if it were possible to obtain wood in sufficient quantities to make … Continue reading →

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