MAY 3d. –No letters from my wife. Probably she has taken the children to the Eastern Shore. Her farm is there, and she has many friends in the county. On that narrow peninsula it is hardly to be supposed the Yankees will send any troops. With the broad Atlantic on one side and the Chesapeake [...]
May 3, 1861 Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Among the numerous instances of patriotic generosity which have been lately displayed by our private citizens, that of Messrs. McHatton, Pike & Co., in giving a full suit of uniform to Capt. Rauhman’s German company, merits especial mention. In various ways the different members of this firm [...]
Daily Times (Leavenworth, KS) May 3, 1861 Several correspondents ask us what is a “stand of arms.” It is the equipment of one soldier, and consists of the arms and accoutrements he wears, varying with his branch of the service. Twenty-one thousand stand of arms would equip the same number of troops. The term stand [...]
May 3, 1861 Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) We are informed that Mr. G. C. Hale, of Autauga county, tendered to Gov. Moore of Alabama the services of a company of negroes to assist in driving back the horde of Abolition sycophants who are now talking so flippantly of reducing to a conquered province the [...]
May 3, 1861 General Winfield Scott orders troops to seize Arlington Heights, overlooking Washington D. C. Lincoln calls for volunteers to join the Union Army for a three-year term. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Legislature of Connecticut voted $2,000,000 for public defense. Governor of Virginia called out the militia to defend [...]
Arkansas True Democrat Little Rock May 2, 1861 For the True Democrat. Dardanelle, April 19, 1861. Messrs. Johnson & Yerkes: I am truly gratified to know, and from the signs of the times I can confidently say, Yell county, is now aroused to a sense of her duty, and will be all right upon the [...]
Daily Constitutionalist Augusta, Georgia, May 2, 1861 Mr. Editor: Old Talbot [County] is doing her whole duty in this emergency. She has already raised two companies with their full complement of men, and a third is rapidly being formed. Capt. Curley’s company took up the line of march for your city last Friday, which was [...]
Daily Times Leavenworth, Kansas, May 2, 1861 A fearful excitement exists in Kansas City—the secessionists sweeping everything before them. The editor of the Free State Republican has been driven out and taken refuge in Wyandotte. He fears his press will be destroyed before he can get it away. Several heavy traders have also been driven [...]
MAY 2d. –There are vague rumors of lawless outrages committed on Southern men in Philadelphia and New York; but they are not well authenticated, and I do not believe them. The Yankees are not yet ready for retaliation. They know that game wouldn’t pay. No – they desire time to get their money out of [...]
Arkansas True Democrat Little Rock May 2, 1861 From the Fort Smith Times and Herald, April 21. Arrival of Volunteers for the Capture of Fort Smith. Midnight Abandonment of the Post by the Federal Troops. Last night, about 12 o’clock, the steamers “Tahlequah” and “Frederick Notrebe” arrived almost simultaneously at our wharf, having on board, [...]
Daily Advocate Baton Rouge, May 2, 1861 New Orleans, April 28, 1861. Editor’s Advocate—The military enthusiasm both in the city and country has reached a high pitch. . . The women are firing up and are as enthusiastic as the men. In passing a point in Iberville where ten or fifteen ladies were assembled, one [...]
Daily Constitutionalist Augusta, Georgia, May 2, 1861 Masonic Hall was the scene all of yesterday of patriotic industry. Many of the ladies of Augusta were there, busily engaged in making uniforms and other garments for portions of our gallant soldiery thus far on their way to the Northern frontier. Never did our fair and patriotic [...]
Daily Times Leavenworth, Kansas, May 2, 1861 The military spirit seems to have taken hold of “Young America.” Yesterday we witnessed the parade of a company of Cadets, composed of the pupils of Mr. McCarty’s school, numbering some fifteen. They have been drilled by Mr. McCarty, and seem to take to military tactics quite naturally. [...]
May 2, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 New York 69th Regiment arrived in Washington. Colonel Elmer Ellsworth’s Fire Zouaves arrived in Washington. Judge Campbell, of Alabama, resigned his seat in the U. S. Supreme Court. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, [...]
Southern Watchman [Athens, Ga], May 1, 1861 The paper mill three and a half miles from this place was totally consumed by fire on Wednesday morning last, together with all the paper and stock on hand. The origin of the fire, we believe, is considered doubtful. It may have been accidental, or it may have [...]
Tri-Weekly Alamo Express [San Antonio, TX] May 1, 1861 This morning, Wednesday our city was awakend by the booming of canon, and every one was anxious to know why only seven guns were fired. From a spectator we learn that the eight was intended, but it “flashed in the pan”—wouln’t go off, and after several [...]
Charleston Mercury May 1, 1861 The women of Carolina, ever public-spirited and self sacrificing, have always given their approving smiles to the efforts of the brave and true. As a recent instance of this spirit, we have been allowed an opportunity of inspecting a massive gold medal, an offering from the lady friends of the [...]
May 1, 1861; Memphis Daily Appeal (Tennessee) All Male Free persons of color, resident within the city limits, will report themselves at the office of Wm. B. Greenlaw & Co., within ten days from this date, otherwise they will be summarily dealt with. Such as may be inclined to partake in the common defense, or [...]
MAY 1st.—Troops are coming in from all directions, cavalry and infantry; but I learn that none scarcely are accepted by the State. This is great political economy, with a vengeance! How is Gov. Letcher to be ready to fight in a few days? Oh, perhaps he thinks the army will spontaneously spring into existence, march [...]
Charleston Mercury May 1, 1861 Our readers will bear us testimony that up to this time, whilst others have heaped abuse upon Major ANDERSON for the occupancy of Fort Sumter, and for various other steps he has taken, we have seduously avoided uttering not one word against him, either as an officer or a gentleman. As [...]
May 1, 1861; The New York Herald A crisis is approaching in the military movements progressing at the seat of war. Troops have not been concentrating there for so many days without a definite object, and it is manifest now what the purpose of government is. Baltimore is to be completely filled with troops, and [...]
Charleston Mercury May 1, 1861 The annual recurrence of this day, usually devoted to the festivities of those in the early season of life, finds our young men in the tented field and our maidens more thoughtful for the future. The May Pole is not raised, the festoons of flowers, with odors sweet, are not [...]
Warning The following diary entry contains wording that is offensive to many in the world of today. However, the entry is provided unedited for its historical content and context. May 1, 1861; Memphis Daily Appeal (Tennessee) The Montgomery papers announce the fact that two negroes there had subscribed liberally to the Confederate loan–$200 each. The [...]
Charleston Mercury May 1, 1861 RICHMOND, April 29, 1861. Of the arrest of General HARNEY, at Harper’s Ferry, on Friday last, you have already been informed by telegram. He reached this city yesterday in charge of a military escort, and was conducted to the Governor, and by him promptly released. His treatment while here by [...]
May 1, 1861 Robert E. Lee orders Stonewall Jackson to remove the weapons and equipment from the arsenal at Harpers Ferry A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 The legislature of North Carolina passes a State Convention Bill. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, [...]