April 19, 1861 Other headlines for this article are: The Federal Capital in Danger, Thousands of Troops Mustering, The North United At Last. “Hostilities have for the present ceased, and…
Category: <span>Civil War</span>
April 19, 1861 Here the President calls forth the militia of the states, and convenes both houses of Congress into special session.
April 26, 1861 Notice is given that the scheduled meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society has been postponed. “The reason given includes factors “arising from the treasonable attempt of the…
April 26, 1861 A meeting, held at the Twelfth Baptist Church brings people together to discuss “sentiments upon the war”. John J. Smith said he was ready to defend the…
May 10, 1861 Here is an extract, near to the conclusion of the article. “It is alleged that the Administration is endeavoring to uphold the Union, the Constitution, and the…
June 14, 1861 An unsigned article responds to the question raised “by those whose military ardor is now at white heat”. Near the end of the article comes this: “But…
July 12, 1861 A small item at the bottom of a page: “The President’s Message was communicated to Congress on Friday last. It is of moderate length, dispassionate but firm…
July 26, 1861 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, from the Bloomington (Ill) Times, is a sarcastic article about “this barbarous civil war”… “Let’s smash up things generally, and return…
August 23, 1861 From the New Bedford Republican Standard, the article asserts that “Twelve thousand slaves, we are told, are employed by the traitors at Manassas, in building their fortifications…
August 23, 1861 Signed by “A.W.”, this brief article asserts that, “All the leading journals in the loyal States deny that the slavery question has any thing to do with…
September 6, 1861 The article is by “C.K.W.”, and is written in response to a correspondent of the Independent, who has “argued against a proposal that the President proclaim freedom…
September 20, 1861 The article first commends the action of Gen. Fremont, “emancipating under martial law all the slaves belonging to the rebel slaveholders in Missouri”. It then notes that…
September 27, 1861 Here is the text of the memorial, addressed to the Congress of the United States. It includes: “.your honorable body is urgently implored to lose no time…
October 11, 1861 The story comes from the New York Tribune; it tells of a fugitive, who swam across the river and came to Camp Holt, by the Falls of…
October 25, 1861 Julia Ward Howe, identified here as a correspondent of the New York Tribune, tells of listening to a speech, by someone who, in his speech, describes the…
March 14, 1862 President Lincoln has urged that the United States offer “pecuniary cooperation” in case any slave state should adopt a gradual emancipation of slavery, including compensation “for the…
June 13, 1862 The editor comments that these sentiments from “the paper which has heretofore occupied in form, as it still does in heart, the extremest ground of conservatism, is…
September 26, 1862 The editor poses the choices for Abolitionists in response to the draft and the war. “Already, some Abolitionists have joined the ranks as volunteers, feeling that, in…
July 31, 1863 An account of the assault, including the 54th Massachusetts Regiment is quite detailed, and affirms the bravery of the unit, and the large loss of life.
August 7, 1863 Here is more on the attack, and one specially titled, “Tribute to the Late Col. Shaw”
August 7, 1863 Here is an order by President Lincoln, insuring that there should be “no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies”. …
September 11, 1863 “Our nation has made a long step forward in its course toward victory….Even if we creep slowly onward, hereafter as heretofore, it is now made certain that…
September 9, 1864 A large and enthusiastic meeting was held to celebrate the recent victories of the Union army at Atlanta and Mobile. Speakers include Gov. Andrew, Senators Wilson and…
April 14, 1865 A whole column of the paper consists of communications between Secretary of War Stanton, Generals Grant and Lee, relative to a meeting for surrender and peace.