ONCE A CIVIL WAR

The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

August 25, 1861---"An idiot."

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AUGUST 25, 1861:       Complaining, in his correspondence to his wife, that “the President is an idiot,” George B. McClellan congr...

August 24, 1861---Kentucky clings to neutrality

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AUGUST 24, 1861:        Just as on July 15 th , Kentucky’s Governor declares his State’s neutrality and calls for the removal of Un...

August 23, 1861---Medoc, Missouri laid waste

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AUGUST 23, 1861:       The village of Medoc, Jasper County, Missouri (near Carthage) is devastated in a skirmish between Blue and G...

August 22, 1861---Another blockade-runner baffled

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AUGUST 22, 1861:        The U.S.S. LEXINGTON takes the Confederate ship W.B. TERRY as a prize.

August 21, 1861---Unionist Virginians conclude their counterrevolution

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AUGUST 21, 1861:         Having been in continuous session since June 11 th , the Second Wheeling Convention adjourns.  

August 20, 1861---The conundrum of Kanawha

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AUGUST 20, 1861:        At the Second Wheeling Convention, representatives of “The Restored Government of Virginia” are still work...
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