Category Archives: 150 Years Ago This Month

furlough

Posted on March 16, 2013 by SUMPTER

Apparently an officer in the New York 33d Volunteer Infantry took advantage of a winter break in the action to visit home. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1863: Personal. Capt. MCGRAW, of the 33d Regiment arrived … Continue reading →

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Flour Power

Posted on March 5, 2013 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 5, 1863: Flour impressment. Major Tannahill, the Commissary of Post at Petersburg, received on Tuesday last an order to impress all the extra superfine flour in the possession of millers and merchants in that … Continue reading →

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The Union Ninth

Posted on February 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

The Union IX Corps left the Army of the Potomac in February, 1863. It would eventually make its way to Vicksburg in June to support the siege. Here’s a couple photos of its departure at Aquia Creek: And what it … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Perseverance

Posted on February 12, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today Abraham Lincoln completed 54 earthly years. Nowadays his brief bio is used as an inspirational piece – the story of a person who sort of failed his way to the top. He definitely kept on learning … Continue reading →

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‘Lincoln rheumatism’ stirs hearts

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

In January 1863 the New Jersey legislature had to elect someone to serve out a U.S. senator’s term that would end in March of that year. One of the contenders was Democrat James Walter Wall, who had been locked up … Continue reading →

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Unimpressed

Posted on January 21, 2013 by SUMPTER

A southern editorial by way of Gotham criticized the Confederate government’s impressment policy for being imposed without legislative approval and for unfairly burdening property owners near the armies or near good transportation avenues. The problem might have been caused by … Continue reading →

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“destitution, insult and wrong”

Posted on January 15, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1863: Our Suffering Soldiers. It is a fact that can no longer be denied, that suffering of the most aggravated character exists among the soldiers, from the neglect of Government. In … Continue reading →

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Lots of Riding … and Writing

Posted on December 31, 2012 by SUMPTER

In the fall of 1862 the 1st New York Cavalry Regiment operated in northwest Virginia. One of its main jobs was apparently protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from rebel raiders in the soon-to-be 35th state in the federal Union. … Continue reading →

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Licensed to Sell?

Posted on December 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

Alabama corn price controls From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 29, 1862: Cor[n] law i[n] Alabama. –The Legislature of Alabama has passed a bill requiring that no person, except the producer and miller, shall sell corn without first obtaining a … Continue reading →

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South Carolina Succession!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

About two years after the secession of South Carolina from the United States the Palmetto state changed governors: Milledge Luke Bonham replaced Francis Wilkinson Pickens. It certainly wasn’t an election in the current American sense. According to Wikipedia, “On December … Continue reading →

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