Category Archives: Overland Campaign

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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no more fiddling

Posted on May 2, 2014 by SUMPTER

I’ve heard it said that, in general, we should trust sources closest to the date of a historical event. People can lie any time, but our memory sure can play tricks as time moves on and on. Here a member … Continue reading →

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+ Burnside

Posted on May 1, 2014 by SUMPTER

The rebels are realizing General Grant is going to have even more troops as the inevitable campaign soon begins. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch May 2, 1864: From Northern Virginia. Orange C. H.April 30. –Our scouts report that Burnside has … Continue reading →

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Sunday drive

Posted on April 24, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today General Meade provided another balanced assessment of his new boss. From The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade … (page 191): HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, April 24, 1864. Cram and John Cadwalader arrived yesterday … Continue reading →

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lookout

Posted on April 23, 2014 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 23 1864: From Northern Virginia. Orange C. H., April 23d. –Observations from Clark’s Mountain disclose no change in the Yankee camps. It is reported that the enemy will begin to-day moving up their rear, … Continue reading →

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Flanders … again?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week a Northern paper expressed surprise that General Grant would focus his attention on the worn-out Virginia theater. After all, the new Commander-in-Chief of all the Union armies was from out west, where most the momentum … Continue reading →

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