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Tag Archives: Henry Wager Halleck
pleasant surprise
Sir Isaac Newton isn’t usually the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about Christmas. From The Daily Phoenix, Columbia, South Carolina, December 25, 1872: Christmas. The learned have long been divided in opinion as to the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, American Culture, American Society, Postbellum Society, The Election of 1872
Tagged Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Christmas, Columbia South Carolina, Henry Wager Halleck, Mixed Commission on British and American Claims, Sir Isaac Newton, Wade Hampton III, William Tecumseh Sherman, XV Corps (Union Army)
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“a thorn in its vitals”
Civil War Daily Gazette has the story of Abraham Lincoln’s damage control after the Union defeat at Chickamauga. The president urged General Rosecrans to hold on to Chattanooga and ordered General Burnside to “Go to Rosecrans”. Here he tells General-in-chief … Continue reading
Methodist Parson Takes Command
150 years ago this week the Dispatch printed a bio of the new Union general-in-chief. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 28, 1862: The New Federal Commander-in-chief. Henry Wager Halleck is one the four Major-Generals who were first appointed in … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Henry Wager Halleck, San Francisco
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Grant Needs to “get to moving again”
Uncomfortably Sedentary Grant? I like this quote attributed to U.S. Grant. From The New-York Times March 14, 1862: THE REBELLION. … Gen. GRANT, in a letter to an officer stationed at Fort Henry, dated March 5, says: “I have not … Continue reading
