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Eric | July 7, 2011
Sunday, July 7, 1861 Clement Vallandigham wasn’t actually a secessionist. Neither was he a traitor nor an abolitionist. But to many, as an anti-war Democrat from Ohio, he was both of those things and more. The United States representative and Dayton lawyer was against slavery on moral grounds. He blamed radical abolitionists for secession and [...]
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 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 1, 2011
Saturday, June 1, 1861 In the pre-dawn hours, Company B of the 2nd US Cavalry, about fifty strong, rode from Alexandria to Fairfax Courthouse, fifteen miles west. Unknown to Lieutenant Thomkins, company commander, Confederate General Lee had placed a contingent of several hundred infantry and cavalry near the town on May 29th. As Thomkins and [...]
Eric | May 31, 2011
Friday, May 31, 1861 Forty miles down the Potomac from Washington, three Union gunboats exchanged shots with the Confederate batteries near Aquia Creek. The USS Thomas Freeborn, along with the USS Anacostia had tangled with these batteries a couple of days ago, but little damage was done on either side. The two vessels were, on [...]
Eric | May 29, 2011
Wednesday, May 29, 1861 As the situation stood in Virginia on this date, Union troops were invading from the west, the east and the north. The inroads (with the exception of the west) were slight, but alarm was raised. Across the Potomac from Washington, newly-appointed commander of the United States Department of Northeastern Virginia, Brigadier-General [...]
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