Category Archives: Northern Society

not a trace

Posted on May 20, 2014 by SUMPTER

After the 33rd New York Volunteer Infantry was mustered out, some of its remaining three years’ recruits were transferred to the 49th New York Volunteer Infantry. Edmund Ferren was one of these young men. There is a discrepancy in the … Continue reading →

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“false and spurious”

Posted on May 17, 2014 by SUMPTER

President Lincoln wasn’t going to shut down a paper for printing exaggerated stories about the in-laws, but he acted promptly when a couple journals published a fabricated presidential call for 400,000 more soldiers and a Day of Thanksgiving. The date … Continue reading →

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Euromarket

Posted on May 14, 2014 by SUMPTER

The Albany Argus claimed that the Lincoln Administration was under-reporting Union casualties for the “European market.” Meanwhile, a more pro-Administration publication was still concerned about some type of European intervention in the war, especially with France and Maximilian in Mexico. … Continue reading →

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not jostled – thanks!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by SUMPTER

From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: RECOMMENDATION OF THANKSGIVING. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 9, 1864 TO THE FRIENDS OF UNION AND LIBERTY: Enough is known of army operations, within the last five days, to claim our … Continue reading →

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rapidan, rubicon

Posted on May 4, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan. As I was looking at the two images said to be of General Grant telegraphing the news of the crossing (here and here) I sort of thought … Continue reading →

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win it for the world

Posted on May 3, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week a Richmond paper reprinted that part of a piece by the New York Herald that wondered what would happen if Lieutenant General Grant actually failed in the upcoming Virginia campaign. Factionalism might possibly keep the … Continue reading →

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straddle

Posted on April 30, 2014 by SUMPTER

It’s May 1st somewhere … Since the beginning of the war Elmira served as a rendezvous point for New York soldiers heading south. Here’s evidence that Union soldier miscreants were also confined there and that Confederate prisoners would soon be … Continue reading →

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“attracted a great crowd”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by SUMPTER

The dates in the following articles don’t seem to match up just right, but it does seem that by 150 years ago tonight a Yankee female surgeon was locked up in Castle Thunder. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 22, … Continue reading →

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marry the family

Posted on April 19, 2014 by SUMPTER

Mary, the family In April 1864 a Democrat newspaper in Seneca County, New York reprinted some alleged investigative journalism by a New York City publication: Treason at the White House. The Tribune a few days ago asserted that Mrs. J. … Continue reading →

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banning “the wolf’s dictionary”?

Posted on April 18, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago Sanitary Fairs were held throughout the North to support the work of the United States Sanitary Commission. President Lincoln spoke a few words when Baltimore opened its version on April 18th. There might never be an authoritative, … Continue reading →

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