A Day-By-Day Accounting of the Conflict, 150 Years Later
As most who follow along with the CWDG on Facebook will know, I’m about to begin another Civil War blog called This Cruel War. Its focus will be much different from this one. Though I welcome all who wish to read, I want to caution you that many of the readers of the CWDG mightRead More
Today marks the 155th anniversary of the day that Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Five years ago, I chose this day as a fine day to start the Civil War Daily Gazette. While the entire blog is available for all to read, on our Facebook page, each day I’ll repost the article that corresponds toRead More
May 30, 2015 (Saturday) On this date I bid you, dear readers, a very fond farewell. For the past (nearly) five years, I have sat myself down each day, researching and composing, detailing in writing whichever given day of the Civil War, 150 years prior. It has been a hell of a ride and, thoughRead More
May 29, 1865 On this date, President Andrew Johnson issued his proclamation of amnesty to (almost) all who participated in the Rebellion against the United States. There were, of course, some notable exceptions…. Whereas the President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and on the 26Read More
May 28, 1865 (Sunday) Camp 133 Regt New York Vols Fort Meigs Md May 28 1865 Dear Sister Cate I will soon be home once again I think the Regt will leave for New York the first of next week and it will take about three weeks to get mustard out and then I willRead More
May 27, 1865 (Sunday) The mustering out of soldiers began almost immediately following the Grand Review. Some left as early as the 25th. For others, like sixteen year old Samuel Bassitt, who had volunteered the year previous. He had marched with Sherman’s army through Georgia and the Carolinas, but in early April, he came downRead More
With the war winding down, I need to do two things. First, I’ve got a mess ‘o books – far more than I have shelves, really. Second, I need to raise a bit of money to keep the website up and running for the next decade or so. And that brings us to this… BelowRead More