Category: American Civil War
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FREE ARTICLE – The United States Camel Corps, 1856-1866.
Image: Sailors of USS Supply loading a camel aboard. In the 1850s, the U.S. Army conceived a plan to bring several camels from the Middle East into the United States and employ them to travel through large tracts of the American Southwest carrying cargo for the military. As improbable as this seems, it did actually…
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Sarah Rosetta Wakeman aka Lyons Wakeman: A Woman’s Life as a Man in the Civil War
In 1940, Jackson Doane, of Binghamton, unearthed a packet of letters, a ring and a picture in his family’s attic from Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, the older sister of Jackson’s great-grandmother. She was a family member that seemed to be little spoken about — and little known. In 1976, Jackson read those letters, discovering that they…
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After a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, thus starting the American Civil War. April 13, 1861
Image: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, a portrait by Currier and Ives On this day in history, April 13, 1861, after a 34-hour barrage by Confederate cannons, Union forces relinquish Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war was over, and the only casualty had been a rebel horse. The Union…
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American President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. January 1, 1863.
Image: First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864) (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 1, 1863, as the third year of the Civil War approached and the carnage on the battlefield continued, American President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation pronounced “that all persons…
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Union General Ulysses S. Grant Took Aim at Jewish Cotton Speculators. Grant Issued an Order Banishing all Jewish People From His Military District, Which Included Portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. December 17, 1862.
Image: General Grant at his headquarters in Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 17, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant took aim at Jewish cotton speculators, who he thought were the prime motivators behind the black market for cotton. Grant issued an order banishing all Jewish people from…
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia Resisted Several Attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and Defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. December 13, 1862.
Image: Gallant Charge of Humphrey’s Division at the Battle of Fredericksburg. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia resisted several attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The rout of the Union Army was…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 