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Posted on 1/1/14 at 8:10 pm to Litigator
Posted on 1/1/14 at 8:10 pm to Litigator
YW, Litigator. Foote was a great recorder of history as well as historical fiction writer. I like most of the Burns' series, but it didn't give a very even view of servitude, both north and south of the Mason-Dixon line duing the mid-19th century, IMHO. We will have a small group gathering at the 150th anniversary of Kennesaw next June and I will try to attend the Cold Harbor battlefield that month as well. Keep me posted on any events you might make.
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Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:04 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Saturday, 2 January 1864
The inactivity that had marked the end of last year was still continuing into this one. A major reason for this was a massive cold front which had come down for a visit from Canada, and subjected such Southern towns as Cairo, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee, to temperatures far below freezing. All the way to the Gulf of Mexico thermometers and people were subjected to uncommon frigidity. The only military action that was even proposed was a plan put forth by United States Naval Secretary Gideon Welles for a joint Army-Navy attack on Wilmington, North Carolina. This notion made it as far as the desk of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who sent it to Major General Henry Halleck. Halleck vetoed the whole idea on the grounds that all the armies were busy or too far away, and therefore, he could not provide sufficient manpower for the project.
Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut, Army commander at Memphis, wired Secretary Welles: "The Tennessee at Mobile will be ready for sea in twenty days. She is a dangerous craft. Buchanan thinks more so than the Merrimac. Commander Robert Townsend reported the seizure of steamer Ben Franklin in the lower Mississippi River 'for flagrant violation of the Treasury Regulations'..."
The inactivity that had marked the end of last year was still continuing into this one. A major reason for this was a massive cold front which had come down for a visit from Canada, and subjected such Southern towns as Cairo, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee, to temperatures far below freezing. All the way to the Gulf of Mexico thermometers and people were subjected to uncommon frigidity. The only military action that was even proposed was a plan put forth by United States Naval Secretary Gideon Welles for a joint Army-Navy attack on Wilmington, North Carolina. This notion made it as far as the desk of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who sent it to Major General Henry Halleck. Halleck vetoed the whole idea on the grounds that all the armies were busy or too far away, and therefore, he could not provide sufficient manpower for the project.
Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut, Army commander at Memphis, wired Secretary Welles: "The Tennessee at Mobile will be ready for sea in twenty days. She is a dangerous craft. Buchanan thinks more so than the Merrimac. Commander Robert Townsend reported the seizure of steamer Ben Franklin in the lower Mississippi River 'for flagrant violation of the Treasury Regulations'..."
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:04 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Will do. 
This past Spring I got to tour the Vicksburg Battlefield and USS Cairo and Museum. Even though I had been through, stopped and stayed in Vicksburg numerous times over the years this was the first time I was able to put aside some time to visit the National Military Park there. I especially enjoyed the tour of the boat and museum.
This past Spring I got to tour the Vicksburg Battlefield and USS Cairo and Museum. Even though I had been through, stopped and stayed in Vicksburg numerous times over the years this was the first time I was able to put aside some time to visit the National Military Park there. I especially enjoyed the tour of the boat and museum.
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