Category Archives: Northern Politics During War

what’s a conservative to do?

Posted on October 4, 2014 by SUMPTER

According to this editorial, if conservatives don’t like change, they should vote for President Lincoln because 1) a change in administrations would mean a huge change in the federal civil bureaucracy and military organization, which Davis and Lee would try … Continue reading →

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utilitarian argument?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1864: Terrible Suffering of Federal Prisoners. The public mind is becoming very much disturbed at the terrible condition of the Federal prisoners now in the hands of the enemy. Among the … Continue reading →

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resignation accepted

Posted on September 23, 2014 by SUMPTER

There is evidence that 150 years ago this week President Lincoln accepted the resignation of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair to placate the radical wing of his party. From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: TO POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR. … Continue reading →

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“war to the knife”

Posted on September 22, 2014 by SUMPTER

Back in July a disgruntled General Joe Hooker resigned from his command of a corps in General William T. Sherman’s army group. As the 1864 political campaign heated up, Republicans must have been happy to hear that General Hooker was … Continue reading →

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time to swap horses

Posted on September 19, 2014 by SUMPTER

Compared to President Lincoln, “none if loyal, can be for the worse”, but General McClellan would make a fine president. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in October 1864: IMPORTANT LETTER FROM HON – REVERDY JOHNSON – MCCLELLAN THE … Continue reading →

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supporting the people’s choice

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SUMPTER

A Republican-oriented newspaper reprinted a letter from a soldier at the front admonishing his son in New York City to avoid being a Copperhead. From The New-York Times September 18, 1864: … To the Editor of the New- York Times … Continue reading →

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certain drafts and taxes

Posted on September 15, 2014 by SUMPTER

Some Democratic campaign rhetoric painted a picture of endless drafts and high taxes if President Lincoln was re-elected. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1864: Not The Last Draft. It may not be uninteresting as a subject … Continue reading →

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as Maine goes?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by SUMPTER

The New-York Times was elated that Maine’s Republican governor Samuel Cony was re-elected. Possibly the “first gun” in the campaign was Vermont’s election of Republicans for all three U.S. House Representatives on September 6th. The same link shows Maine electing … Continue reading →

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attracting a crowd

Posted on September 11, 2014 by SUMPTER

fireworks by the bay 150 years ago this week politics was a major topic out in the Far West. The September 9, 1864 issue of San Francisco’s Daily Alta California featured side by side coverage of a couple political rallies … Continue reading →

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“fight it out”

Posted on September 9, 2014 by SUMPTER

According to a reprinted story in a Southern newspaper, Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton criticized the idea of an armistice in a speech to returning veterans during a year in which he was up for re-election. He claimed that the … Continue reading →

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