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Posted on 9/28/13 at 5:48 am to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 9/28/13 at 5:48 am to BadLeroyDawg
Monday, 28 September 1863
It had been decided to send the 11th and 12 Corps from the Army of the Potomac to reinforce General William Rosecrans, who was safe but somewhat besieged in Chattanooga following the Battle of Chickamauga. There was no way to do this big a move in secrecy, even considering that they were traveling by rail rather than foot. Word of the move reached the ear of the besieger, General Braxton Bragg, in the form of a telegram from President Jefferson Davis. The only assistance Bragg was receiving was from the Federal side, as two Union generals (McCook and Crittenden) were relieved of their commands and sent back to Indianapolis to face courts of inquiry for their conduct in the battle.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles noted in his diary that the chances of European intervention in the war on behalf of the Confederacy were dimming. He wrote: "The last arrivals indicate a better tone and temper in England , and I think in France also. From the articles in their papers . . . I think our monitors and heavy ordnance have had a peaceful tendency, a tranquilizing effect. The guns of the Weehawken have knocked the breath out of the British statesmen as well as the crew of the Atlanta."
President Abraham Lincoln directed that the Twentieth and Twenty-first army corps be consolidated and called the Fourth Army Corps, and that Major General Gordon Granger be the commander of this consolidated corps. He also directed that a Court of Inquiry be convened to inquire into and report upon the conduct of Major Generals Alexander McDowell McCook and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden in the battles of the nineteenth and twentieth instant at Chickamauga. These officers were relieved from duty in the Army of the Cumberland, and were ordered to repair to Indianapolis, Indiana, reporting their arrival by letter to the Adjutant General of the Army.
Lieutenant Earl and thirty men, belonging to the Fourth Wisconsin cavalry, captured a party of Confederate guerrillas and cavalrymen, in the neighborhood of the junction of the Amite and Comite Rivers, Louisiana, and safely conducted them into Baton Rouge. Among the prisoners were Colonel Hunter (Ten-Mile Bob as he was dubbed by his opponents in the campaign for State Treasurer in 1857) and Captain Penny, the leaders in the raids and attacks on the river steamboats in that vicinity.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was bombarded by the Federal batteries on Morris Island.
Mr. James Spence, of London, England, and the author of The American Union, ceased to be the financial agent of the Confederate government.
An engagement took place at McMinnville, Tennessee, in which the Confederates were repulsed with a loss of a large number of prisoners.
The Confederate steamer Herald was captured off the Bahamas near the Florida Keys by the "double-ender” side-wheel steamer USS Tioga, commanded by Commander Albert G. Clary, and carried into Key West, Florida. The Herald's cargo included cigars and sugar.
Major General Hiram U. Grant, from his headquarters at Vicksburg, issued Special Orders authorizing the issuing of rations to such families only, as should “...take an oath to support the Government of the United States, and to withdraw all support and countenance from the so-called Confederate government.”
The entire cotton crop in South Carolina was seized by order of Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, by virtue of authority vested in him as Military Governor of the Department of the South.
General Orders were issued by Major General Nathaniel Banks, at New Orleans, Louisiana, authorizing the Commanding General of the Corps d'Afrique “...to detail from the line an additional staff officer, with the rank and pay of captain, to be designated ‘Corps Instructor,’ whose duty it shall be to superintend in garrison, and, as far as may be consistent with military duty, in the field, the education of men engaged in the Corps d'Afrique.”
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It had been decided to send the 11th and 12 Corps from the Army of the Potomac to reinforce General William Rosecrans, who was safe but somewhat besieged in Chattanooga following the Battle of Chickamauga. There was no way to do this big a move in secrecy, even considering that they were traveling by rail rather than foot. Word of the move reached the ear of the besieger, General Braxton Bragg, in the form of a telegram from President Jefferson Davis. The only assistance Bragg was receiving was from the Federal side, as two Union generals (McCook and Crittenden) were relieved of their commands and sent back to Indianapolis to face courts of inquiry for their conduct in the battle.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles noted in his diary that the chances of European intervention in the war on behalf of the Confederacy were dimming. He wrote: "The last arrivals indicate a better tone and temper in England , and I think in France also. From the articles in their papers . . . I think our monitors and heavy ordnance have had a peaceful tendency, a tranquilizing effect. The guns of the Weehawken have knocked the breath out of the British statesmen as well as the crew of the Atlanta."
President Abraham Lincoln directed that the Twentieth and Twenty-first army corps be consolidated and called the Fourth Army Corps, and that Major General Gordon Granger be the commander of this consolidated corps. He also directed that a Court of Inquiry be convened to inquire into and report upon the conduct of Major Generals Alexander McDowell McCook and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden in the battles of the nineteenth and twentieth instant at Chickamauga. These officers were relieved from duty in the Army of the Cumberland, and were ordered to repair to Indianapolis, Indiana, reporting their arrival by letter to the Adjutant General of the Army.
Lieutenant Earl and thirty men, belonging to the Fourth Wisconsin cavalry, captured a party of Confederate guerrillas and cavalrymen, in the neighborhood of the junction of the Amite and Comite Rivers, Louisiana, and safely conducted them into Baton Rouge. Among the prisoners were Colonel Hunter (Ten-Mile Bob as he was dubbed by his opponents in the campaign for State Treasurer in 1857) and Captain Penny, the leaders in the raids and attacks on the river steamboats in that vicinity.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was bombarded by the Federal batteries on Morris Island.
Mr. James Spence, of London, England, and the author of The American Union, ceased to be the financial agent of the Confederate government.
An engagement took place at McMinnville, Tennessee, in which the Confederates were repulsed with a loss of a large number of prisoners.
The Confederate steamer Herald was captured off the Bahamas near the Florida Keys by the "double-ender” side-wheel steamer USS Tioga, commanded by Commander Albert G. Clary, and carried into Key West, Florida. The Herald's cargo included cigars and sugar.
Major General Hiram U. Grant, from his headquarters at Vicksburg, issued Special Orders authorizing the issuing of rations to such families only, as should “...take an oath to support the Government of the United States, and to withdraw all support and countenance from the so-called Confederate government.”
The entire cotton crop in South Carolina was seized by order of Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, by virtue of authority vested in him as Military Governor of the Department of the South.
General Orders were issued by Major General Nathaniel Banks, at New Orleans, Louisiana, authorizing the Commanding General of the Corps d'Afrique “...to detail from the line an additional staff officer, with the rank and pay of captain, to be designated ‘Corps Instructor,’ whose duty it shall be to superintend in garrison, and, as far as may be consistent with military duty, in the field, the education of men engaged in the Corps d'Afrique.”
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Posted on 9/29/13 at 5:26 am to BadLeroyDawg
Tuesday, 29 September 1863
Proving that the inspirational campaign speech is not a modern invention, President Abraham Lincoln took time out of micro-managing the War Between the States to give a talk to a convention today. This was a meeting of an organization known as the Sons of Temperance, one of the outgrowths of a religious revival which had been spreading through America well before the war. Along with its allies in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and similar groups, the Sons of Temperance lobbied for legal restrictions on alcohol as well as voluntary abstinence. Lincoln told the group that “...intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the very greatest of all the evils of mankind.” Lincoln himself never drank alcohol although he showed no inclinations to force prohibition on others.
The USS Lafayette, Lieutenant Commander J.P. Foster in charge, and the USS Kenwood, under Acting Master John Swaney, arrived at Morganza, Louisiana, on Bayou Fordoche to support troops under Major General Napoleon J. T. Dana. More than 400 Union troops had been captured in an engagement with Confederates under Brigadier General Thomas Green. Foster noted, "the arrival of the gunboats was hailed . . . with perfect delight." Next day, the presence of the ships, he added, "no doubt deterred [the Confederates] from attacking General Dana in his position at Morganza as they had about four brigades to do it with, while our forces did not amount to more than 1,500." Foster ordered the gunboats to cover the Army and prevent a renewal of the action.
The USS St. Louis, Commander George H. Preble, returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after an unsuccessful cruise of almost a hundred days in search of Confederate commerce raiders. Preble reported significantly to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles that although the St. Louis had "...repeatedly crossed and recrossed the sea routes (to and from) between the United States and the Mediterranean and Europe, we have in all this cruise met with but one American merchant vessel at sea. This fact, on a sea poetically supposed to be whitened by our commerce, illustrates the difficulties attendant upon a search after the two or three rebel cruisers afloat." In addition, the scarcity of American flag merchant sail testified to the effectiveness of the few Southern raiders.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of this day contained the following: It is now stated that a bill has been prepared and will be placed before the next Congress, declaring Lincoln President while the war lasts. Thus the mad fanatics are plotting against our liberties, and if we do not speak right soon through the ballot-box, the last vestige of our republican government will have been swept away.
The gunboat Bombshell, under Captain Brinkerhoff, left Newbern a few days ago, under sealed orders, and made a reconnaissance of Pasquotank River, which empties into Albemarle Sound. Landing a boat's crew near Elizabeth City, the men were captured by the Confederates, when for revenge, Captain Brinckerhoff opened a vigorous fire on the town, doing considerable damage.
A slight skirmish took place at Moore's Bluff on the Big Black River, Mississippi, resulting in the rout and retreat of the Union forces.
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Proving that the inspirational campaign speech is not a modern invention, President Abraham Lincoln took time out of micro-managing the War Between the States to give a talk to a convention today. This was a meeting of an organization known as the Sons of Temperance, one of the outgrowths of a religious revival which had been spreading through America well before the war. Along with its allies in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and similar groups, the Sons of Temperance lobbied for legal restrictions on alcohol as well as voluntary abstinence. Lincoln told the group that “...intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the very greatest of all the evils of mankind.” Lincoln himself never drank alcohol although he showed no inclinations to force prohibition on others.
The USS Lafayette, Lieutenant Commander J.P. Foster in charge, and the USS Kenwood, under Acting Master John Swaney, arrived at Morganza, Louisiana, on Bayou Fordoche to support troops under Major General Napoleon J. T. Dana. More than 400 Union troops had been captured in an engagement with Confederates under Brigadier General Thomas Green. Foster noted, "the arrival of the gunboats was hailed . . . with perfect delight." Next day, the presence of the ships, he added, "no doubt deterred [the Confederates] from attacking General Dana in his position at Morganza as they had about four brigades to do it with, while our forces did not amount to more than 1,500." Foster ordered the gunboats to cover the Army and prevent a renewal of the action.
The USS St. Louis, Commander George H. Preble, returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after an unsuccessful cruise of almost a hundred days in search of Confederate commerce raiders. Preble reported significantly to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles that although the St. Louis had "...repeatedly crossed and recrossed the sea routes (to and from) between the United States and the Mediterranean and Europe, we have in all this cruise met with but one American merchant vessel at sea. This fact, on a sea poetically supposed to be whitened by our commerce, illustrates the difficulties attendant upon a search after the two or three rebel cruisers afloat." In addition, the scarcity of American flag merchant sail testified to the effectiveness of the few Southern raiders.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of this day contained the following: It is now stated that a bill has been prepared and will be placed before the next Congress, declaring Lincoln President while the war lasts. Thus the mad fanatics are plotting against our liberties, and if we do not speak right soon through the ballot-box, the last vestige of our republican government will have been swept away.
The gunboat Bombshell, under Captain Brinkerhoff, left Newbern a few days ago, under sealed orders, and made a reconnaissance of Pasquotank River, which empties into Albemarle Sound. Landing a boat's crew near Elizabeth City, the men were captured by the Confederates, when for revenge, Captain Brinckerhoff opened a vigorous fire on the town, doing considerable damage.
A slight skirmish took place at Moore's Bluff on the Big Black River, Mississippi, resulting in the rout and retreat of the Union forces.
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