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Category Archives: Northern Society
gamblers unanonymous
150 years before New Yorkers voted for a constitutional amendment that allows as many as seven non-Indian casinos in the state, the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Potomac was actually trying to discourage gambling among his men (the … Continue reading
union ticket wins big
Early returns showed that the New York State Union ticket (Republicans and War Democrats) were winning big across the state after the November 3, 1863 election. (The clipping at the left is from November 5th, when the results were more … Continue reading
“Pie women and Apple boys”
Those magnetic greenbacks. The New York First Veteran Cavalry left the state without being paid the state bounty. As SENECA reported, that act of faith was rewarded 150 years ago today. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1863: … Continue reading
the great punkin
From Harper’s Weekly October 31, 1863 (at Son of the South): Exiled Copperhead Clement Vallandigham was the Democrat nominee for Ohio governor in 1863, even though he was living in exile in Canada. He lost the election by a sizable … Continue reading
trick or treat
You can read about this 1862 political carton at the Library of Congress. After being caned by Preston Brooks in the U.S. Senate in May 1856, Charles Sumner needed over three years to be able to fully recover from the … Continue reading
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Tagged abolitionists, Charles Sumner, preferential treatment, Slavery
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sick and beyond sick
Back in August Dr. Charles Hoyt wrote a letter praising the valor of the New York 126th’s color bearers’ at Gettysburg. The surgeon caught a fever and had to come home to recuperate. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper … Continue reading
veteran foragers make it to DC
The 1st New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment had been pretty much recruited. 150 years ago this week a large contingent traveled to the Washington, D.C. area. In a strange kind of time warp our SENECA correspondent said the regiment left … Continue reading
unquenchable
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
John Henry
From back in the day when an army traveled with their servants, here’s a photo said to be from October 1863 of John Henry, a servant in the Army of the Potomac’s 3d Corps.
nursing the wounded
Yesterday while I was doing a little exploring at the Library of Congress, I discovered the image to the left of Walt Whitman, said to be “taken from life” in 1863 (apparently by Alexander Gardner). I read a few of … Continue reading
