Category Archives: Northern Society

Sambo and Coffee

Posted on March 26, 2013 by SUMPTER

A Democratic Party oriented newspaper maintained that blacks would have to be drafted to fight for their freedom. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1863: Drafting the Negroes. All the highly colored stories concerning negro volunteers at … Continue reading →

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Unionists of New York

Posted on March 20, 2013 by SUMPTER

It’s not all Copperheads and treason in March 1863, and the Conscription Act has yet to be implemented. From The New-York Times March 20, 1863: Another Union Demonstration. Every few days now, we have a grand popular demonstration in behalf … Continue reading →

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War power to ya

Posted on March 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

Inter arma leges silent. As the 37th Congress closed on March 4, 1863 Northerners were aware that Congress had recently granted the President greatly increased power in order to put down the rebellion and restore the Union. Both the New … Continue reading →

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Monday Holiday

Posted on February 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago yesterday President Lincoln thought it propitious that Washington’s Birthday coincided with the Christian sabbath. This article encourages Gothamites to make it a long weekend – despite the snowstorm. From The New-York Times February 23, 1863: LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.; … Continue reading →

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President’s Say

Posted on February 22, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six: TO ALEXANDER REED. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, February 22, 1863. REV. ALEXANDER REED. MY DEAR SIR:—Your note, by which you, as General Superintendent of the United States Christian Commission, invite me … Continue reading →

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Stop the presses!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today recuperating Union soldiers left their hospital in Keokuk, Iowa to destroy the presses of the Keokuk Constitution. The soldiers were angry about what they considered treasonous editorials in the newspaper. From The New-York Times February 21, … Continue reading →

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Fan Mail

Posted on February 13, 2013 by SUMPTER

The Ladies’ Aid Society in Canandaigua, New York began 1863 by attending a P. T. Barnum lecture and by writing an adoring letter to the deposed General George B. McClellan. From Village Life in America 1852-1872 by Caroline Cowles Richards … Continue reading →

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Death of an Irish woman

Posted on February 7, 2013 by SUMPTER

I’m not sure how much of a mystery the death turned out to be, but this story would seem to indicate that Union troops were finally getting paid and sending remittances back to their loved ones. From a Seneca County, … Continue reading →

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The Good Ship America

Posted on January 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

Eventually Headed for Peaceful Waters – if a Democrat at the Helm Peace Democrat James Wall has his work cut out for him in the five weeks he’s going to be in the United States Senate. From the Richmond Daily … Continue reading →

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‘Lincoln rheumatism’ stirs hearts

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

In January 1863 the New Jersey legislature had to elect someone to serve out a U.S. senator’s term that would end in March of that year. One of the contenders was Democrat James Walter Wall, who had been locked up … Continue reading →

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