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Tag Archives: Robert Anderson
Sickles sacked
President Andrew Johnson made some changes in August 1867. He suspended Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and named General Ulysses Grant the ad interim War Secretary. The president then ordered the acting secretary to remove Phil Sheridan as commander of … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction
Tagged Andrew Johnson, Daniel Sickles, Duncan Lamont Clinch, Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Fort Moultrie, James Duncan (Andersonville), John Mercer Langston, North Carolina, Reconstruction, Robert Anderson, Second Military District (Reconstruction), South Carolina, Ulysses S. Grant, Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure, Winfield Scott Hancock
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vengeance
It was supposed to be a very good Good Friday, at least for the Union. In a celebratory ceremony 150 years ago today Robert Anderson raised the old Union flag from April 1861 over Fort Sumter, which was once again … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Northern Politics During War, Reconstruction
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Attack on William H. Seward, Fort Sumter, George Thompson, Henry Ward Beecher, John Wilkes Booth, Robert Anderson, William H. Seward, William Lloyd Garrison
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time passages
“a time for war …” It has been almost four long years since Fort Sumter was surrendered to the Confederates. If you look back at April 1861 without considering the monotonous and/or agonizing day-by-day operations, it doesn’t seem that long … Continue reading
Mary Risks Maryland
And, “Hunger Is the Best Sauce” Apparently Mrs. Lincoln is going to visit Robert Todd at Harvard. Here’s a story about her trip from the White House to Astor House. From The New-York Times May 12, 1861: FROM WASHINGTON TO … Continue reading
Omen
LETTER FROM FORT SUMPTER. From a reliable correspondent at Fort Sumpter, the Philadelphia North American gathers the following particulars: “No order for the evacuation of the fort had reached there up to the 31st inst. On the previous Saturday, the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Military Matters
Tagged Charleston, Fort Sumter, General Beauregard, Robert Anderson
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A Coincidence
From an article in The New-York Times February 26, 1861 denying a rumor that Major Anderson was sick with fever (The New York Times Archive): A letter from a brother of Major ANDERSON to a gentleman in this City, mentions … Continue reading
Fort Sumter: Cookin’ With Rubbish
Major Anderson “Patient” during Star of the West incident; South Carolina decides against Commandeering the Marion (After Starting to Saw It Up; but It Was Refurbished) From The New-York Times January 19, 1861: THE CONDITION OF FORT SUMTER. The steamer … Continue reading
Brooklyn Painters Impressed
Into South Carolina’s Army Folks, there is so much going on (150 years ago) – I’m glad the “Daily News” sites are teaching us so much about the events in January 1861. From The New-York Times January 12, 1861: EXPERIENCES … Continue reading
Commemorating the Battle of New Orleans
While More Southern States Get Ready to Secede It seems that many northern cities and states in 1861 were intensifying their celebrations of the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans. From The New-York Times January 8, 1861: THE … Continue reading
Three Cheers for Major Anderson
Some takes on Major Anderson removing his force from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter in Charleston’s harbor (from The New-York Times December 29, 1860): WHAT IS THOUGHT OF MAJ. ANDERSON’S MOVEMENT.; A SALUTE IN WILMINGTON, DEL. WILMINGTON, Friday, Dec. 28. … Continue reading