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Posted on 10/11/14 at 5:49 am to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 10/11/14 at 5:49 am to BadLeroyDawg
Tuesday, 11 October 1864
Surely, they thought in Richmond, surely this would be the year it would sink in to the voters of the North. After Manassas, after Chancellorsville, after Gettysburg...after all the blood and slaughter and disease and death, surely they would decide that it was not worth fighting any longer to keep a part of the country that wanted to leave. Actually President Abraham Lincoln in Washington was deeply afraid that the voters might think exactly that way. The elections were today for some governorships as well as the House and one-third of the Senate. Lincoln stayed half the night in the telegraph room of the War Department waiting for the results to arrive. Again, the last, best hope of the South was dashed: support for Republicans was far stronger than had been expected, as Oliver Morton won the governor’s office in Indiana, and Republican gains were made in both the House and Senate. The War would not likely end by negotiation.
Second account: Several northern states held elections, which pleased President Lincoln by resulting in sizeable Republican majorities. In Ohio, Republicans won 12 congressional seats and a 50,000 popular vote majority. In Indiana, Republican Oliver P. Morton was elected governor, and Republicans won eight of the state’s 11 congressional seats. In Pennsylvania, Republicans won a narrow victory mainly because of the pro-Republican absentee soldier vote. These elections demonstrated that soldiers’ votes would be crucial in next month’s national election. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton arranged as many soldier furloughs as possible so troops could go home and vote. In places like Kentucky, Lincoln operatives were rigging the vote and arresting the opposition.
Major General Sterling Price’s Southerners fought near Boonville and Brunswick as they continued with the Confederate thrust into Missouri.
Federal expeditions began from Stony Creek Station, Virginia; they skirmished 2 miles south of Petersburg, West Virginia, with some of Brigadier General John D. Imboden's Confederate cavalry.
This morning, a Confederate attack on the steamer, Resolute, took place on the White River about 12 miles above Clarendon, Arkansas, by partisan guerrillas who fire repeatedly into the vessel.
The Federals begin an expedition from Atlanta to Hat Creek, Georgia, and skirmish with Confederates, as Union Major General William T. Sherman concentrates his forces around Rome, Georgia. The bulk of Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's much smaller force is located just south of the city.
Union troops scout from Camp Palmer to Gum Swamp, North Carolina, as the Yankees capture several Southerners, as well as some freed Negroes all hired by the Confederate Government to work on repairing the railroad there.
Skirmishes occur near Fort Donelson, Tennessee, as Confederate Cavalry attempts but fails to raid the Union recruiting post there.
Federals scout toward Stony Creek Station, in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign and skirmishes took place near White Plains, Virginia.
Surely, they thought in Richmond, surely this would be the year it would sink in to the voters of the North. After Manassas, after Chancellorsville, after Gettysburg...after all the blood and slaughter and disease and death, surely they would decide that it was not worth fighting any longer to keep a part of the country that wanted to leave. Actually President Abraham Lincoln in Washington was deeply afraid that the voters might think exactly that way. The elections were today for some governorships as well as the House and one-third of the Senate. Lincoln stayed half the night in the telegraph room of the War Department waiting for the results to arrive. Again, the last, best hope of the South was dashed: support for Republicans was far stronger than had been expected, as Oliver Morton won the governor’s office in Indiana, and Republican gains were made in both the House and Senate. The War would not likely end by negotiation.
Second account: Several northern states held elections, which pleased President Lincoln by resulting in sizeable Republican majorities. In Ohio, Republicans won 12 congressional seats and a 50,000 popular vote majority. In Indiana, Republican Oliver P. Morton was elected governor, and Republicans won eight of the state’s 11 congressional seats. In Pennsylvania, Republicans won a narrow victory mainly because of the pro-Republican absentee soldier vote. These elections demonstrated that soldiers’ votes would be crucial in next month’s national election. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton arranged as many soldier furloughs as possible so troops could go home and vote. In places like Kentucky, Lincoln operatives were rigging the vote and arresting the opposition.
Major General Sterling Price’s Southerners fought near Boonville and Brunswick as they continued with the Confederate thrust into Missouri.
Federal expeditions began from Stony Creek Station, Virginia; they skirmished 2 miles south of Petersburg, West Virginia, with some of Brigadier General John D. Imboden's Confederate cavalry.
This morning, a Confederate attack on the steamer, Resolute, took place on the White River about 12 miles above Clarendon, Arkansas, by partisan guerrillas who fire repeatedly into the vessel.
The Federals begin an expedition from Atlanta to Hat Creek, Georgia, and skirmish with Confederates, as Union Major General William T. Sherman concentrates his forces around Rome, Georgia. The bulk of Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's much smaller force is located just south of the city.
Union troops scout from Camp Palmer to Gum Swamp, North Carolina, as the Yankees capture several Southerners, as well as some freed Negroes all hired by the Confederate Government to work on repairing the railroad there.
Skirmishes occur near Fort Donelson, Tennessee, as Confederate Cavalry attempts but fails to raid the Union recruiting post there.
Federals scout toward Stony Creek Station, in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign and skirmishes took place near White Plains, Virginia.
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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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