One hundred fifty years ago today the Chicago (IL) Tribune published an excerpt from the Savannah (GA) Republican that described a new controversial order from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown. If the Confederate War Department wanted to move any Georgia regiments out of the state, Governor Brown required that they first seek his permission. As […]
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“A New Trouble in Georgia”
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One hundred fifty years ago today the New York Herald reported on problems with the mail delivery to Union soldiers stationed around Washington DC. “Nothing is more frequent than to hear complaints of the non-receipt of letters at the various camps in and Washington,” as the Herald explained. Yet after the Herald investigated the problem […]
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“The Civil War in Missouri”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic PeriodicalsOne hundred fifty years ago today the Savannah (GA) News published a short report on the serious conditions that existed in Missouri. The News characterized the situation as one in which the Republicans were trying to take over the state with force. They “are making open war upon the people of that State who refuse […]
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One hundred fifty years ago today the Chicago (IL) Tribune reported on the recent announcement that the United Kingdom would not intervene in the struggle between the United States and the Confederacy. “The only crumb of comfort for Jeff. Davis…[is] that the Southern Confederacy will be recognized, not as a power, not as a Government, […]
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New York Zouaves in Washington, DC
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic Periodicals, Letters & DiariesOne hundred fifty years ago today the Cleveland (OH) Herald published a report from the Philadelphia (PA) Press on how the New York Zouaves in Washington, DC were called in to put out a fire at the famous Willard’s Hotel. As the soldiers were unable to find any ladders, the Press‘ correspondent described how: The New York boys…sprang […]
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“Not a War against the South”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic PeriodicalsOne hundred fifty years ago today the New York Times argued that anyone who described the Civil War as a war “against the South” and “Southern institutions” had made “a great mistake.” The only reason that President Abraham Lincoln had called for 75,000 troops after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter was to restore the […]
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“Abominable Story-Telling” from Northern Newspapers
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic PeriodicalsOne hundred fifty years ago today the Fayetteville (NC) Observer refuted northern newspapers’ claims “about [the] indignities… heaped upon Northern men in all the Southern States.” As the Observer noted, one northern editor published a story on how: “[Virginia] Governor [John] Letcher and his satellites had purposely inaugurated mob law and anarchy for the purpose […]
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Chicago (IL) Tribune – “Good Bye, John Bell”
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic PeriodicalsOne hundred fifty years ago today the Chicago (IL) Tribune published excerpts from two Kentucky newspapers that condemned former US Senator John Bell for announcing his support for the Confederacy. Bell was the Constitutional Union Party’s candidate for President in 1860 and he had opposed secession after Abraham Lincoln’s victory. Yet in April 1861 after the attack […]
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