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Posted on 10/11/14 at 9:05 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 10/11/14 at 9:05 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Wednesday, 12 October 1864
The case which became known as the Dred Scott Decision was one of the landmarks of American legal history. Scott was a slave taken by his master to live in a “free” state thereby conceivably being made free, even if later he was taken back to a state where slavery was legal. The case, which was pursued and financed by abolitionist groups for years, finally made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the ruling was ultimately written by Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. The 1857 Scott v. Sandford case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and Scott again a slave, and greatly deepened the rift between North and South that would eventually lead to so much bloodshed and death. One such, albeit not by hostile action, occurred to Taney himself. He died, of old age, in Washington, DC, this morning. Taney was 89.
Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter assumed command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, relieving Acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. In one of his early general orders, Porter said: "It will be almost useless to enjoin on all officers the importance of their being vigilant at all times. We have an active enemy to deal with, and every officer and man must be on the alert..." Porter's efforts would soon turn to the most effective means of enforcing the blockade; the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina, the main and last Atlantic port of entry. Porter’s further goal was to help in the capture of Fort Fisher, currently still guarding Wilmington.
Rear Admiral Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling relieved Captain Theodore Phinney Greene as commander of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Captain Greene had assumed temporary command upon the departure of Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey in August 1864.
The USS Chocura, under Lieutenant Commander Richard W. Meade, Jr., captured the blockade running British schooner Louisa off Aransas Pass, Texas, with a cargo including iron and tools.
Fighting erupted on the Coosaville road, near Rome, Georgia, as Union Major General William T. Sherman edges closer to Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood. Other fighting broke out at Resaca and La Fayette, Georgia.
The Indian attack on the Overland Stage Coach at Freeman's Ranch, near Plum Creek, in the Nebraska Territory occurred today.
Sporadic skirmishing broke out at Greeneville, Tennessee, as the Federal raids from Kentucky and eastern Tennessee into southwestern Virginia, under Union Major General Stephen A. Burbridge, are concluded.
The case which became known as the Dred Scott Decision was one of the landmarks of American legal history. Scott was a slave taken by his master to live in a “free” state thereby conceivably being made free, even if later he was taken back to a state where slavery was legal. The case, which was pursued and financed by abolitionist groups for years, finally made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the ruling was ultimately written by Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. The 1857 Scott v. Sandford case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and Scott again a slave, and greatly deepened the rift between North and South that would eventually lead to so much bloodshed and death. One such, albeit not by hostile action, occurred to Taney himself. He died, of old age, in Washington, DC, this morning. Taney was 89.
Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter assumed command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, relieving Acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. In one of his early general orders, Porter said: "It will be almost useless to enjoin on all officers the importance of their being vigilant at all times. We have an active enemy to deal with, and every officer and man must be on the alert..." Porter's efforts would soon turn to the most effective means of enforcing the blockade; the capture of Wilmington, North Carolina, the main and last Atlantic port of entry. Porter’s further goal was to help in the capture of Fort Fisher, currently still guarding Wilmington.
Rear Admiral Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling relieved Captain Theodore Phinney Greene as commander of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Captain Greene had assumed temporary command upon the departure of Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey in August 1864.
The USS Chocura, under Lieutenant Commander Richard W. Meade, Jr., captured the blockade running British schooner Louisa off Aransas Pass, Texas, with a cargo including iron and tools.
Fighting erupted on the Coosaville road, near Rome, Georgia, as Union Major General William T. Sherman edges closer to Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood. Other fighting broke out at Resaca and La Fayette, Georgia.
The Indian attack on the Overland Stage Coach at Freeman's Ranch, near Plum Creek, in the Nebraska Territory occurred today.
Sporadic skirmishing broke out at Greeneville, Tennessee, as the Federal raids from Kentucky and eastern Tennessee into southwestern Virginia, under Union Major General Stephen A. Burbridge, are concluded.
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:02 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Thursday, 13 October 1864
Colonel John Singleton Mosby was technically a cavalryman, but really belonged to that category known as “Confederate partisan raiders.” Rather than scouting and screening for an army of infantry, he and his men operated independently, taking supplies, tearing up communications lines, and generally raising hell wherever they could. They raised a great deal today when they tore out some railroad tracks. The next train along naturally derailed, and Mosby’s men pounced. Great was their glee when they discovered the Army payroll was on board. Relieving the two Union paymasters of $173,000 in greenbacks, they then compounded their nuisance value by burning the train.
Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a leader with keen understanding of men as well as great skill and courage, wrote to his son, Loyall, from Mobile Bay regarding the young man's studies: "...remember also that one of the requisite studies for an officer is man. Where your analytical geometry will serve you once, a knowledge of men will serve you daily. As a commander, to get the right men in the right place is one of the questions of success or defeat."
A large boat expedition from the USS Braziliera, Acting Master William T. Gillespie, and the USS Mary Sanford, Acting Master Zaccheus Kempton, freed a number of slaves from a plantation on White Oak Creek, Georgia, and engaged a company of Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff. The Union gunboats succeeded in driving off the Southerners.
Colonel John Singleton Mosby was technically a cavalryman, but really belonged to that category known as “Confederate partisan raiders.” Rather than scouting and screening for an army of infantry, he and his men operated independently, taking supplies, tearing up communications lines, and generally raising hell wherever they could. They raised a great deal today when they tore out some railroad tracks. The next train along naturally derailed, and Mosby’s men pounced. Great was their glee when they discovered the Army payroll was on board. Relieving the two Union paymasters of $173,000 in greenbacks, they then compounded their nuisance value by burning the train.
Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a leader with keen understanding of men as well as great skill and courage, wrote to his son, Loyall, from Mobile Bay regarding the young man's studies: "...remember also that one of the requisite studies for an officer is man. Where your analytical geometry will serve you once, a knowledge of men will serve you daily. As a commander, to get the right men in the right place is one of the questions of success or defeat."
A large boat expedition from the USS Braziliera, Acting Master William T. Gillespie, and the USS Mary Sanford, Acting Master Zaccheus Kempton, freed a number of slaves from a plantation on White Oak Creek, Georgia, and engaged a company of Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff. The Union gunboats succeeded in driving off the Southerners.
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