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Category Archives: Confederate States of America
Severely Wounded in Mexico; Mortally Wounded at Shiloh
You can read a lot of interesting information about the Battle of Shiloh at Seven Score and Ten. Here’s an obituary of a Confederate general who was mortally wounded early in the battle. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 19, … Continue reading
Medical Alcohol?
The war caused governments North and South to increase restrictions on civilian rights. As Encyclopedia Virginia points out, on March 1, 1862 President Jefferson Davis declared martial law in Richmond, and “The Confederate government also prohibited the sale of liquor … Continue reading
“Melt the Bells”
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 1, 1862: To the patriotic — the value of Church Bells. The Ordnance Bureau of the Confederate States the use of such bells as can be spared during the war, for the purpose of … Continue reading
Working on the Railroad
Adviser Lee’s First General Order In early March 1862 Jefferson Davis recalled Robert E. Lee from the South Carolina area to Richmond to serve as the president’s military adviser. At the time the Richmond Daily Dispatch hailed Davis’ decision – … Continue reading
Apathetic Farmers
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 27, 1862: The crops. –The crops of the present year, as we were yesterday informed by an intelligent farmer of Henrico, are very backward both in that county and all adjacent ones, the planters … Continue reading
A Fire-Eater Sobered
The well-known fire-eater William Lowndes Yancey has returned from a year-long diplomatic mission to Europe. He failed to get either England or France to recognize the Confederacy. Yancey stopped at New Orleans on his way to Richmond to take his … Continue reading
In Lieu of a Gym Membership
Do Newspaper Editors Lead Sedentary Lives, too? The soldier-power shortage is nothing new, but this sales ploy sure surprised me. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 23, 1862: The soldier’s life. –It is said that the frequenters of the gymnasium … Continue reading
FernadinaLeaks
In early March a Union naval expedition under Samuel F. Du Pont captured and occupied the area around Fernadina, Florida. During the occupation a correspondent found an early 1861 letter from then U.S. Senator David Yulee to a friend back … Continue reading
“On to Richmond”
to Evade Southern Military Duty From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 19, 1862: Wharf Rats. –Despite the industry of the militia officers for the past two days in hanting up delinquents, there are hundreds of men in the city liable, … Continue reading
Preacher Goes to War
With Testaments and a Sharp’s Rifle From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 13, 1862: Patriotic letter from an Alabama Clergy-man. –The Rev. O. R. Blue, of Tuscaloosa, writes a private letter to one of his relatives at Montgomery, Alabama, which … Continue reading
