Category Archives: Lincoln Administration

Lincoln and the federal government

“dignified address”

Posted on November 20, 2013 by SUMPTER

This is the first review I saw of November 19th’s Gettysburg cemetery dedication in the Richmond Dispatch. It focused on Lincoln’s and Seward’s responses to serenaders the evening before and the main speech by Edward Everett on the 19th. From … Continue reading →

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a word in edgewise

Posted on November 19, 2013 by SUMPTER

Edward Everett gave the longer speech at Gettysburg – by about two hours. President Lincoln’s remarks at the cemetery dedication made it on the front page of The New-York Times on November 20th next to three columns (and counting) of … Continue reading →

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(rail) road trip

Posted on November 18, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: TO SECRETARY CHASE EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 17, 1863. HON. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. MY DEAR SIR:—I expected to see you here at Cabinet meeting, and to say something about … Continue reading →

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Monday theater

Posted on November 9, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today “President Abraham Lincoln attends the theater in Washington, D.C., ironically observing actor John Wilkes Booth perform in The Marble Heart.” According to The Lincoln Log (you can search by the date or the name of the … Continue reading →

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“monstrous fraud and swindle”

Posted on October 30, 2013 by SUMPTER

The New-York Times saw the state election in November 1863 as a chance for voters to express their support for the Lincoln election and its vigorous prosecution of the war. A Democrat paper in upstate New York saw a vote … Continue reading →

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just a manpower issue

Posted on October 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times October 28, 1863: Another Speech by Major-Gen. Rosecrans. CINCINNATI, Tuesday, Oct. 27. Gen. ROSECRANS, in a speech at the Merchants’ Exchange yesterday, where he was most enthusiastically received, said, it was his firm belief that if … Continue reading →

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unquenchable

Posted on October 17, 2013 by SUMPTER

Hey, we got a Union to save. From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six: CALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, OCTOBER 17, 1863. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation. Whereas the term of service … Continue reading →

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“gracious gifts”

Posted on October 3, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today President Lincoln proclaimed another day of thanksgiving for 1863. From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six: PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA: A Proclamation. The … Continue reading →

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fact check

Posted on September 27, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this month The Old Guard published the following: William H. Seward delivered his “irrepressible conflict” speech in 1858. Daniel Webster died in 1852. Abolitionists felt betrayed by Webster’s support of the Compromise of 1850 and its Fugitive … Continue reading →

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A return to normalcy?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by SUMPTER

After the defeat of the Army of the Cumberland at Chickamauga and its retreat back into Chattanooga, President Lincoln was very much involved in the decisionsto send reinforcements General Rosecrans in Chattanooga. In the midst of the crisis Mr. Lincoln … Continue reading →

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