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Let’s Visit the Rail Splitter!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by admin

And we’re not even looking for a federal job No final decisions were made, but 150 years ago today members of the Virginia secession convention debated a resolution to send three commissioners to meet with President Lincoln to find out … Continue reading →

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Omen

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

LETTER FROM FORT SUMPTER. From a reliable correspondent at Fort Sumpter, the Philadelphia North American gathers the following particulars: “No order for the evacuation of the fort had reached there up to the 31st inst. On the previous Saturday, the … Continue reading →

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Adrift at the White House

Posted on April 4, 2011 by admin

Has the “Old Public Functionary” been replaced by the “Great Patronage Dispenser”? Lincoln’s getting his bureaucracy in order. A month after Lincoln’s Inaugural The New-York Times of April 3, 1861 is not happy with the new administration (The New York … Continue reading →

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Mercury Still Fanning the Flames

Posted on April 2, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times April 1, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): NEGRO REGIMENTS TO BE RAISED. The latest sensation in the Cotton States has been caused by an announcement in the New-York correspondence of the Charleston Mercury that the … Continue reading →

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“Girt by a Wall of Fire”

Posted on April 1, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times April 2, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): FROM FORT PICKENS. The St. Louis Democrat publishes a letter written by an officer in Fort Pickens to a friend in St. Louis. It is dated March 18. … Continue reading →

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Louisiana Convention Opposes Secession!

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Secession from the Confederate States of America, that is From The New-York Times April 1, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): SECESSION REBUKES SECESSION. The politicians of the Southern Confederacy are entitled to take rank as a peculiar people. They … Continue reading →

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Not Exactly on a War Footing

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

Rotting Fast at the Brooklyn Navy Yard From The New-York Times March 30, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): Military and Naval Intelligence.; THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD. … Matters at the Brooklyn Navy-yard were not so dull for some months as … Continue reading →

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Globalization: Civil War […]centennials

Posted on March 29, 2011 by admin

550 Years Ago This Week For those of you interested in archaeology and/or civil wars in general, I recommend an article in The Economist about the Battle of Towton, which was fought on March 29, 1461. The battle was part … Continue reading →

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“Rip” Ford and A.J. Hamilton

Posted on March 28, 2011 by admin

Texas Still Divided Who needs a governor and legislature? The Texas Convention still seems to be running the show. From The New-York Times, March 28, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS GALVESTON, Tuesday, March 26. The Convention … Continue reading →

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Steam Power Proponent (and Engineer) Promoted

Posted on March 26, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times March 27, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): The Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy. The appointment of BENJ. F. ISHERWOOD to be Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy gives very marked satisfaction to those in the service. He is … Continue reading →

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