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Category Archives: 1861
From the Civil War Journal of Sgt. Sam Bloomer, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Co. B, Dec. 24, 1861-Jan. 9, 1862
The following is an excerpt from the Civil War Diary of Sergeant Sam Bloomer, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Company B, while the regiment was at Edward’s Ferry. The entries are from the period December 24, 1861 through January 9, 1862. … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, 1862, Diary, Journal
Tagged 1861, 1862, 1st Minnesota, Christmas, Civil War, Company B, Edwards Ferry, General Stone, Minnesota, New Year's, Sam Bloomer, Sergeant, Sesquicentennial, Stillwater, Stillwater Guard, Virginia
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On this date in the Civil War: December 26, 1861 – The Battle of Chustenahlah (150th Anniversary)
Commentary by Whit Edwards from “The Prairie was on Fire” pp. 9-14: The area was a good defensive position on a rocky, tree-covered ridge overlooking the creek bottom with nothing but prairie to the front. Once again Opoethleyohola prepared to … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Battlefield Preservation, Casualties, This Date in Civil War History, Trail of Blood on Ice
Tagged 1861, cavalry, Cherokee, Christmas, Chustenahlah, Creek Indians, Douglas H. Cooper, Indian Territory, James McQueen McIntosh, Kansas, Oklahoma, Opothleyahola, Seminole, Skia Tooka, Skiatook, Stand Watie, Texas, Trail of Blood on Ice
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On this date in Civil War history: November 19, 1861 – Battle of Round Mountain (150th Anniversary)
Commentary by Whit Edwards from “The Prairie was on Fire” pp. 3-7: In mid-November 1861 Opoethleyohola, a chief of the Creek tribe, along with about 5,000 men, women and children, departed their homes and moved northwest to isolate themselves from … Continue reading
On this date in Civil War history: December 9, 1861 – The Battle of Chusto-Talasah (150th Anniversary)
Also known as the engagement of “Caving Banks” or “Little High Shoals,” the Civil War Battle of Chusto-Talasa took place on Bird Creek near present Sperry in Tulsa County. In November 1861 Col. Douglas H. Cooper, Confederate commander of the … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Casualties, Commemoration, This Date in Civil War History, Trail of Blood on Ice
Tagged Caving Banks, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chusto-Talasah, Creek, Douglas Hancock Cooper, Five Civilized Tribes, Fort Gibson, Indian, Indian Territory, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Opothleyahola, Seminole, Sesquicentennial, Trail of Blood on Ice, Tulsa
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Creek Indians in the American Civil War
Inhabiting the area between the Arkansas and Canadian rivers in eastern Indian Territory, the people of the Creek Nation viewed the onset of the American Civil War with mixed emotions. Factions existed within the Creek Nation, but these divisions has … Continue reading
Historian: Civil War regiment endured much
By CHRIS SHOLLY, Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News At the start of the Civil War, hundreds of Lebanon County men enlisted in the military, but many of them didn’t return, and many that did had the scars of battle to bear. … Continue reading
In Memory: Senator Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861)
Edward Baker was born in London, England. his family moved to the United States in 1815, and Baker spent the next ten years of his life in Philadelphia before his family moved to Indiana and then Illinois. While still a … Continue reading
150 Years Ago: Battle of Ball’s Bluff Oct. 21, 1861
Ball’s Bluff was a small battle by the standards of the Civil War, but it had ramifications far beyond its size. It was only the second significant battle in the east, and received a great deal of attention in both … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Battlefield Preservation, Casualties, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Graves, Lincoln, Maryland, This Date in Civil War History, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Balls Bluff, Edward Baker, General Charles P. Stone, General George B. McClellan, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, President Abraham Lincoln, Virginia
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This Week in the Civil War: October 16
Oct. 16: War by telegram. The fall of 1861 is bereft of major fighting until Union Major Gen. George B. McClellan gets a disastrous battle going — by telegram. Oct. 21, 1861 witnesses a badly coordinated attempt by Union forces to … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Balls Bluff, Charles P. Stone, Edward Baker, George B. McClellan, Leesburg, telegram, Virginia
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On this date in Civil War history: August 2, 1861
Friday August 2, 1861 The Federal Congress passed the first national income tax measure, calling for 3 percent on incomes over $800. The bill also provided for new and stiffer tariffs. Northern forces abandoned Fort Stanton, New Mexico Territory, in … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Benjamin Butler, Cairo, Centreville, Confederates, Dug Springs, Federals, Fort Monroe, Fort Stanton, Illinois, Income Tax, Ironton, John C. Fremont, liquor, Missouri, Nathaniel Lyon, New Mexico, Springfield, St. Louis, Steamboat, tariffs, Virginia, whiskey
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