Category Archives: Gettysburg Campaign

Deluded

Posted on July 10, 2013 by SUMPTER

Union General Meade wrote his wife 150 years ago today. From The life and letters of George Gordon Mead:…Volume 2 (page 133): HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, SOUTH MOUNTAIN PASS, July 10, 1863. Lee has not crossed and does not … Continue reading →

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“gleams of hope and sunshine”

Posted on July 8, 2013 by SUMPTER

A small town Democrat paper summarized reports about Gettysburg and its aftermath. There was a sense of relief that at least the Stars and Bars weren’t flying over Harrisburg and a bit of concern that the Confederate army was far … Continue reading →

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“buzzards sailing lazily”

Posted on July 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg. (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Age.) GETTYSBURG, July 7, 1863. – The battle of Gettysburg will be one of the longest remembered of all the battles of this … Continue reading →

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Haunted Fourth

Posted on July 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The Heart of a Soldier: As Revealed in the Intimate Letters of Genl. George E. Pickett (pages 101-103): On the Fourth – far from a glorious Fourth to us or to any with love for his fellow-men – I … Continue reading →

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“it will fight more desperately and bravely than ever”

Posted on July 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

Or else A couple Pennsylvanians defend their home soil – and the Union. From The New-York Times July 2, 1863: THE REBEL INVASION.; Highly Important from the Army of the Potomac. Defeat of Stuart’s Cavalry in Three Fights. The Rebels … Continue reading →

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Change and Hope

Posted on June 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

My jaw pretty near dropped. One of the Democrat newspapers from Seneca County, New York had a smidgen of praise for President Lincoln in this editorial printed in July 1863: Exit Fighting Joe Hooker. The President, trembling with fear and … Continue reading →

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history lesson

Posted on June 27, 2013 by SUMPTER

for “the good of the country” I’m not sure what the Seneca Falls, New York editors knew about the events in southern Pennsylvania when they reprinted this article in July 1863. Anyhow it was a great chance for the Democrat … Continue reading →

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Calling on every man

Posted on June 24, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in June 1863: The National Guard. Gov. SEYMOUR’s recent order for the organization of the National Guard of the State, in accordance with the law passed by the Legislature of 1861, may be … Continue reading →

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Alarmed

Posted on June 22, 2013 by SUMPTER

The May 30, 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly criticized the Lincoln administration for not trusting the Northern public. The editorial pointed out two examples – locking up traitorous speakers like Clement Vallandigham and not immediately announcing military defeats. 150 years … Continue reading →

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“a pistol at his ear” and Gettysburgh

Posted on June 21, 2013 by SUMPTER

The New York Freeman was a Roman Catholic, pro-Confederate newspaper that was shuttered by Secretary of state William Seward for anti-Union activity from August 1861 to April 1862. This reprinted editorial criticizes the Lincoln administration for acting above the law. … Continue reading →

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