Tag Archives: Army of the Potomac

“ingloriously sacrificed “

Posted on May 7, 2013 by SUMPTER

After the Union loss at Chancellorsville the press and public in Seneca Falls, New York received all sorts of feedback and formed opinions about the debacle. Here’s a start. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863: The … Continue reading →

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A young man’s fancy turns to …

Posted on April 25, 2013 by SUMPTER

Swordplay? This photograph from April 1863 is titled “Falmouth, Virginia. A muss at headquarters, Army of the Potomac” Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Locksley Hall” “narrates the emotions of a weary soldier come to his childhood home” and contains the following lines: … Continue reading →

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Wily Yankee Propaganda?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

Here a Richmond paper tries to make sense of various prognostications coming out of the Northern press. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 22, 1863: The wait and Watch System. Several Federal journals intimate that no active hostilities on their … Continue reading →

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Death of General Sumner

Posted on March 21, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1863: Death of Gen. Sumner. Major General EDWIN V. SUMNER died at the residence of his son-in-law at Syracuse, on Saturday morning March 21st, at the advanced age of 67 years. … Continue reading →

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Back East

Posted on March 19, 2013 by SUMPTER

Based on its placement in a notebook full of clippings, I believe this article from a Seneca County, New York newspaper was probably published around March, 1863. Regular U.S. Infantry had come back from the West to fight the rebels … Continue reading →

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“General of pluck”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 7, 1863: The condition of the Army of the Potomac. A letter in the New York Tribune dated from the Army of the Potomac, gives a description of the working of matters there at … Continue reading →

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Still trusting the old ship

Posted on March 2, 2013 by SUMPTER

The New York 33rd Volunteer Infantry has less than three months remaining in its two year enlistment. Here’s a letter home from a member of the 33rd. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1863: Patriotic Letter from a … Continue reading →

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The Union Ninth

Posted on February 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

The Union IX Corps left the Army of the Potomac in February, 1863. It would eventually make its way to Vicksburg in June to support the siege. Here’s a couple photos of its departure at Aquia Creek: And what it … Continue reading →

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‘then comes marriage’

Posted on February 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

This imaged was published in the April 4, 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly. You can view Alfred R. Waud’s picture full-size and read his accompanying description of the wedding at Son of the South: Few persons are wedded under more … Continue reading →

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Pressure pointed

Posted on November 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

Counting the reasons not to go into winter quarters 150 years ago this week citizens in Richmond could read this recap of the New York Herald’s case for immediate attacks by the federal armies. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December … Continue reading →

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