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Eric | June 30, 2011
Sunday, June 20, 1861 For more than a week, the USS Brooklyn had her eye on the CSS Sumter, a converted merchant-class steam cruiser, in Pass a l’Outre, forty miles southeast of New Orleans. Also, for more than a week, the Sumter‘s Commander, Raphael Semmes, wondered why the Brooklyn did not attack. Along with the [...]
Eric | June 29, 2011
Saturday, June 29, 1861 As dawn broke over the Potomac River, the St. Nicolas, captured the day before by the Rebels, steamed against the current searching for the USS Pawnee. Captain Hollins and Colonel Thomas, along with a regiment of Tennessee soldiers, hoped to take the dreaded Union vessel by using a civilian ship as [...]
Eric | June 28, 2011
Friday, June 28, 1861 The evening brought a spring coolness to the Baltimore wharfs as the 1,200 ton, side-wheel steamer St. Nicholas received her passengers. She regularly made runs from Baltimore to Georgetown, Washington DC by chugging down the Chesapeake Bay, rounding Point Lookout and then paddling up the Potomac to the capital. This evening, [...]
Eric | June 27, 2011
I’ve got some fun news for nonPennsylvania residents. Being originally from the Keystone State, I’ve had the opportunity to zip down to Gettysburg on weekends and for the anniversaries to take part in the Battle Walks. Usually, they’re two-three hours in length and cover a mile or two of ground (or more, if you’re with [...]
Eric | June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 27, 1861 The Union troops who landed on the Virginia side of the Potomac at Mathias Point were greeted with a warm welcome from the waiting Confederates encamped there. The USS Pawnee and Thomas Freeborn saw their last notable action at Aquia Creek in the beginning of June. The Freeborn was anchored five [...]
Eric | June 26, 2011
Wednesday, June 26, 1861 It would be awhile before the world would know Lew Wallace as the author of Ben-Hur. He had been a Senator from Indiana, as well as son of the state’s Governor, and was at this time Colonel of the 11th Indiana Zouaves. He was also being fought over by Union Generals [...]
Eric | June 25, 2011
Tuesday, June 25, 1861 The coming Union attack on Col. Thomas Jackson’s front at Martinsburg, reported by Jeb Stuart three days prior, had never materialized. Jackson sent a regiment and a battery of artillery to greet them, but the rumors turned out to be untrue. Before knowing any of this, Jackson wired his superior, General [...]
Eric | June 24, 2011
Monday, June 24, 1861 No doubt General Beauregard has looked up on the high position of Professor Lowe with considerable amazement. All his far-reaching guns will fail to reach the messenger, who, from his cloudy seat, spies out the weak points of the traitor’s nest. -Washington Sunday Morning Chronicle The weather that kept Professor Lowe [...]
Eric | June 23, 2011
Sunday, June 23, 1861 Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe (“Professor Lowe” to pretty much everyone) was a self-taught balloonist. During the early 1850s, he had learned the craft mostly from books. He was able to build his own balloon by 1857, and another the following year. His dream to cross the Atlantic by air was twice [...]
Eric | June 22, 2011
Saturday, June 22, 1861 Reports and rumors of large numbers of Rebels in Beverly and Piedmont, western Virginia weighed on the minds of some Union officers in the region. General Morris, whose plan of attack scattered the Rebels at Philippi, was sure he had a large force to contend with. General George B. McClellan, commander [...]
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