August 16, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 President Lincoln declared by proclamation the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas in insurrection, and ordered all commercial intercourse between the North and seceded States to cease. Rebel camp at Fredericktown, Md., attacked, and 12 of the enemy taken prisoners. Several [...]
August 15th.–Mrs. Randolph came. With her were the Freelands, Rose and Maria. The men rave over Mrs. Randolph’s beauty; called her a magnificent specimen of the finest type of dark-eyed, rich, and glowing Southern woman-kind. Clear brunette she is, with the reddest lips, the whitest teeth, and glorious eyes; there is no other word for [...]
AUGUST 15th.—No clew yet to the spies in office who furnish the Northern press with information. The matter will pass uninvestigated. Such is our indifference to everything but desperate fighting. The enemy will make good use of this species of information.
August 15, 1861 General George McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac. The Department of Kentucky and the Department of the Cumberland are combined under General Robert Anderson. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 President Davis ordered all Northern men to leave the Confederacy within 40 days. A Chronological History [...]
August 14th.–Last night there was a crowd of men to see us and they were so markedly critical. I made a futile effort to record their sayings, but sleep and heat overcame me. To-day I can not remember a word. One of Mr. Mason’s stories relates to our sources of trustworthy information. A man of [...]
AUGUST 14th.—Zollicoffer has been appointed a brigadier-general; and although not a military man by education, I think he will make a good officer.
August 14, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Martial law was declared in St. Louis by Major Gen. Fremont. Mutiny in the 79th New York Regiment at Washington. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
August 13th.–Hon. Robert Barnwell says, “The Mercury’s influence began this opposition to Jeff Davis before he had time to do wrong. They were offended, not with him so much as with the man who was put into what they considered Barnwell Rhett’s rightful place. The latter had howled nullification and secession so long that when [...]
AUGUST 13th.—The President sent to the department an interesting letter from Mr. Zollicoffer, in Tennessee, relating to the exposed condition of the country, and its capacities for defense.
August 13, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Rebels driven from Grafton, Va, and the place occupied by Union troops—21 rebels killed. Skirmish at Matthias Point, Va. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
AUGUST 12th.—There is trouble with Mr. Tochman, who was authorized to raise a regiment or so of foreigners in Louisiana. These troops were called (by whom?) the Polish Brigade, though, perhaps, not one hundred Polanders were on the muster-rolls; Major Tochman being styled General Tochman by “everybody,” he has intimated to the President his expectation [...]
August 12, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Arrest of Hon. C. J. Faulkner, late U. S. Minister to France. Of?ce of the Bangor (Me) Democrat, a secession paper, entirely destroyed by a mob. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and [...]
AUGUST 11th.—There is a whisper that something like a rupture has occurred between the President and Gen. Beauregard; and I am amazed to learn that Mr. Benjamin is inimical to Gen. B. I know nothing of the foundation for the report; but it is said that Beauregard was eager to pass with his army into [...]
Cairo, August 11, ’61. Our Canton boys came down on time, and right glad I am to have them here. Colonel Ross’s 17th Regiment got here the same day by the river. The boys were sworn into our company the day after they arrived, and the day following a lieutenant in the Fulton Blues came [...]
August 11, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Rebel company captured at Georgetown, Mo. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
AUGUST 10th.—Mr. Benjamin is a frequent visitor at the department, and is very sociable: some intimations have been thrown out that he aspires to become, some day, Secretary of War. Mr. Benjamin, unquestionably, will have great influence with the President, for he has studied his character most carefully. He will be familiar not only with [...]
August 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek [US], Battle of Springfield [CS]: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the Missouri. Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon [US] is killed in the Confederate victory A Chronological History of the Civil War in [...]
August 9, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Rebels attacked and routed at Potosi, Mo. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
August 8th.–To-day I saw a sword captured at Manassas. The man who brought the sword, in the early part of the fray, was taken prisoner by the Yankees. They stripped him, possessed themselves of his sleeve-buttons, and were in the act of depriving him of his boots when the rout began and the play was [...]
August 8, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Rebels routed at Lovettsville, Va. Of?ce of the Democratic Standard, a secession paper, at Concord, N. H., cleaned out by a mob, and the materials burned in the street. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New [...]
AUGUST 7th.—Saw Col. Pendleton to-day, but it was not the first time. I have seen him in the pulpit, and heard him preach good sermons. He is an Episcopal minister. He it was that plowed such destruction through the ranks of the invaders at Manassas. At first the battery did no execution; perceiving this, he [...]
August 7, 1861 John Bankhead Magruder burns the village of Hampton, near Fort Monroe. General Benjamin Butler had been planning to use it to house “contraband.” (Butler’s word for slaves) The Maryland legislature adjourns without seceding, but votes to reconvene in September A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Hampton, Va., burned by [...]
Tuesday.–The North requires 600,000 men to invade us. Truly we are a formidable power! The Herald says it is useless to move with a man less than that. England has made it all up with them, or rather, she will not break with them. Jerome Napoleon is in Washington and not our friend. Doctor Gibbes [...]
AUGUST 6th.—Custis arrived and entered upon the discharge of his duties.
August 6, 1862, Daily Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) War for the Union! and for Freedom for All. 1000 Colored Men Wanted for the 1st K. R. of the Liberating Army. All able bodied colored men, between the age of eighteen and forty-five, can now have [...]