Category Archives: Confederate States of America

resolution

Posted on January 4, 2014 by SUMPTER

Another army campaign season has drawn to a close and Richmond still hasn’t fallen. The Confederate Congress said thanks. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January 4, 1863: Confederate States Congress. The Senate was called to order by Mr. Hunter, of … Continue reading →

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life insurance on property

Posted on December 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

An advertisement from the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 28, 1863: Slave Insurance Lynchburg Hose and fire Insurance Company. Slaves insured by this company for one or a term of years on favorable terms Wm A Charters, Increase Agent. Office 11th … Continue reading →

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enemies among us

Posted on December 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

A Richmond editorial found it very suspicious that 400 paroled Yankee prisoners would choose to stay in Richmond instead of heading north back to the Union’s relative abundance. If organized they could kidnap Jefferson Davis. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch … Continue reading →

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just “a tithe of the patriotism”

Posted on December 20, 2013 by SUMPTER

As the main armies in the Virginia Theater retired to winter quarters, a Richmond paper’s “X” correspondent reported from the Army of Northern Virginia. The troops were pretty well fed and clothed but still lack blankets. The reporter believed this … Continue reading →

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Tigers in a blanket …

Posted on December 17, 2013 by SUMPTER

Not! or at least, not all, not yet. Some more evidence that Confederate government wasn’t supplying enough blankets for its troops in the field. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 17, 1863: To the patriotic. –As numbers of the soldiers … Continue reading →

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those duplicitous abolitionists

Posted on December 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

Nowadays Voodoo economics is a well-known phrase to question your political opponent’s intellectual ability or honesty. 150 years ago a Southern editorial said abolitionists’ claims that they wanted to free slaves was “moonshine philanthropy” – abolitionists really just wanted to … Continue reading →

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crowned

Posted on December 13, 2013 by SUMPTER

Walt Whitman seemed fascinated by it. The Statue of Freedom’s top-most section was put into place in the early days of December 1863. Whitman’s “Genius of Liberty” was on top of the Capitol Dome. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December … Continue reading →

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carpetcutters

Posted on December 10, 2013 by SUMPTER

As winter approached the South was short of blankets for its soldiers in the field. Here’s a way for the Confederate citizenry to help out. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 10, 1863: Blankets are much needed by our soldiers … Continue reading →

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corrections?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

Maybe John Hunt Morgan and his confederates didn’t escape through a sewer under the Ohio Penitentiary; it might have been an air chamber. Maybe the escapees didn’t head to Kentucky right after the break-out; they might have gone north first. … Continue reading →

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holy lawsuit …

Posted on December 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

… a distinct possibility Beware the dilapidated bridge. Inflation was hitting lumber prices in the Richmond area, but bridge owners were better off paying for repairs to avoid more costly lawsuits in the future. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December … Continue reading →

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