Tag Archives: George Wythe Randolph

Doctors Without Boundaries

Captured surgeons free to leave. Southern comity with Uncle Sam From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 28, 1862: War Department, Adj’t Inspector General’s office, Richmond, June 26, 1862. General Orders, No. 45. I. A General Intelligence Office, to enable the … Continue reading

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Some Toughness in DC

The Surrender of Fort Sumter The Civil War Daily Gazette has a great piece on the April 14, 1861 surrender of Fort Sumter. My post on April 13th reproduced a New-York Times article that said that Fort Sumter had been … Continue reading

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Not for the Cherry Blossoms*

But Three Virginians Still Headed to DC On April 8, 1861 the Virginia secession convention debated and passed William B. Preston’s resolution to send three commissioners to interview President Lincoln and ascertain his policy toward the seceded states and the … Continue reading

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