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Bonds, Town Bonds

Posted on December 12, 2013 by SUMPTER

Men in Seneca Falls, New York might have been voting mostly Democratic in the early 1860’s, but citizens apparently didn’t mind issuing bonds to help pay bounties to encourage recruits for the military. People still wanted to save the Union … Continue reading →

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railroaded in Ireland?

Posted on November 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

A Southern editorial that found the British hands-off policy regarding Union recruiting efforts in Ireland not exactly neutral: From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 23, 1863: Yankee recruiting in Ireland. From the intercepted letter of Mr. De Leon, which the … Continue reading →

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unquenchable

Posted on October 17, 2013 by SUMPTER

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 →

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Keystone Cops

Posted on November 16, 2012 by SUMPTER

Provost Guard has its work cut out for it at Camp Curtin. Richmond’s Daily Dispatch says the removal of native Pennsylvanian George McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac has caused an increase in the turbulence at Camp … Continue reading →

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Enforcing the Monster’s Orders

Posted on September 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

Southern Pennsylvania and Dubuque, Iowa The first part of the following article is mostly an editorial in a southern Pennsylvania Democrat newspaper. Its opposition to the Lincoln administration’s orders against the discouragement of enlistment are very similar to an editorial … Continue reading →

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Quota for “imperishable honor”

Posted on August 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here’s a local take on the call for Union troops during the summer of 1862. The numbers for the county and its towns are precise. The stigma of possibly needing to resort to a draft to supply the quota is … Continue reading →

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The Beat Goes On

Posted on August 21, 2012 by SUMPTER

Death by disease; recruiting for an “old” regiment. Two from Seneca County, New York newspapers in August 1862: Death of a Volunteer. We regret to state that CHAS. SALVAGE, a volunteer from this village in Capt. MURRAY’s Company, 50th Regiment, … Continue reading →

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Take it to the northern armies

Posted on August 18, 2012 by SUMPTER

A reason for the South to take the offensive right away Strike the northern armies before they can train the 600,000 new recruits From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 18, 1862: The New Yankee army. The desperate efforts of the … Continue reading →

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Got Doctor’s Note?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

Don’t Matter From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 12, 1862: Doctors’ certificates of no avail. The Albany Evening Journal says: We are requested by the Surgeon General to state, “that doctors’ certificates of disability will be of no earthly avail … Continue reading →

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“casting about” for substitutes

Posted on August 8, 2012 by SUMPTER

An editorial in the Boston Journal via the Richmond Daily Dispatch of August 8, 1862 encourages Boston’s more successful men to volunteer instead of paying for substitutes: Leading men wanted in the Federal army. The Bottom [Boston] Journal has an … Continue reading →

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