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re: 150 years ago this day...
Posted on 9/29/13 at 5:26 am to BadLeroyDawg
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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Posted on 9/30/13 at 4:43 am to BadLeroyDawg
Wednesday, 30 September 1863
The Battle of Chickamauga was long over, nine days in fact, and the Confederates had won by forcing back the Federal army into a full blown retreat to points north. Major General William Starke Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland was driven in disorder and confusion from the field into the sheltering streets of nearby Chattanooga. They were still there, though, and the conquering hero General Braxton Bragg was still sitting outside of town. His accomplishment of today was to detach most of his cavalry, under General Joseph Wheeler, and send it on an expedition to cut the Federal communications lines. Bragg had no idea that two Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac were only two days away. He knew they were coming, but not how fast.
The USS Rosalie, Acting Master Peter F. Coffin, seized the British schooner Director attempting to run the blockade at Sanibel River, Florida, with a full cargo of salt and rum.
Colonel Rowett, with the Seventh Illinois and Seventh Kansas Regiments of cavalry, had a fight with a small band of partisan guerrillas under Newsome, at Swallow's Bluff, on the Tennessee River. Colonel Rowett came upon the Rebels while they were crossing the river. About one hundred had already crossed with their horses and baggage, leaving a major and twenty men on this side. The Southerners were partly sheltered by the bluff, and defended by their comrades on the other side, who were in supporting distance, but the Unionists surrounded and captured the twenty plus group with the loss of one killed and two wounded.
The bombardment of Forts Sumter, Johnson, and Simpkins, in Charleston harbor, was continued all day, Forts Moultrie and Simpkins alone replying.
Leonidas Polk, a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, being relieved from his command “...in consequence of an unfortunate disagreement between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel department of the Mississippi...” issued his farewell order.
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The Battle of Chickamauga was long over, nine days in fact, and the Confederates had won by forcing back the Federal army into a full blown retreat to points north. Major General William Starke Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland was driven in disorder and confusion from the field into the sheltering streets of nearby Chattanooga. They were still there, though, and the conquering hero General Braxton Bragg was still sitting outside of town. His accomplishment of today was to detach most of his cavalry, under General Joseph Wheeler, and send it on an expedition to cut the Federal communications lines. Bragg had no idea that two Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac were only two days away. He knew they were coming, but not how fast.
The USS Rosalie, Acting Master Peter F. Coffin, seized the British schooner Director attempting to run the blockade at Sanibel River, Florida, with a full cargo of salt and rum.
Colonel Rowett, with the Seventh Illinois and Seventh Kansas Regiments of cavalry, had a fight with a small band of partisan guerrillas under Newsome, at Swallow's Bluff, on the Tennessee River. Colonel Rowett came upon the Rebels while they were crossing the river. About one hundred had already crossed with their horses and baggage, leaving a major and twenty men on this side. The Southerners were partly sheltered by the bluff, and defended by their comrades on the other side, who were in supporting distance, but the Unionists surrounded and captured the twenty plus group with the loss of one killed and two wounded.
The bombardment of Forts Sumter, Johnson, and Simpkins, in Charleston harbor, was continued all day, Forts Moultrie and Simpkins alone replying.
Leonidas Polk, a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, being relieved from his command “...in consequence of an unfortunate disagreement between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel department of the Mississippi...” issued his farewell order.
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