October 22, 1863---"We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More."

OCTOBER 22, 1863:           

In response to the enthusiastic public response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call earlier this week for “300,000 more” Union troops, Confederate President Jefferson Davis likewise calls upon his citizenry to “. . . volunteer for a week, a month, or six months, as they might feel disposed, in order that the Confederate cause might yet triumph.” It is hard for Confederate men to ignore Davis' thoughtless use of the word might, and Davis' call inspires no singing.

 "We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More"

October 21, 1863---"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick."

OCTOBER 21, 1863:             

 Confederate Joseph Waddell confides to his diary:

“No news from the various armies to-day . . . —Pennsylvania and Ohio elections have gone in favor of the Lincoln candidates . . .  No hope for us in any "conservative sentiment" at the North. To end the war some influence must come from abroad — but where is it to come from? Possibly France — but "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.”

October 20, 1863---Deaf and Blind

OCTOBER 20, 1863:           

Confederates in the Shenandoah Valley and northwestern Virginia are falling back to regroup after the Battle of Bristoe Station. Skirmishes with Union troops are erupting all along the line, with heavy Confederate casualties. The Confederacy establishes a hospital at Staunton at what was the Virginia School For The Deaf And Blind.  

October 19, 1863---The Union seizes Brown's Ferry, Tennessee

OCTOBER 19, 1863:            

The advancing troops of the Union Army of The Potomac occupy Brown’s Ferry on the Tennessee River, securing their supply line and main route into Chattanooga.

October 18, 1863---Meade repays Sickles for Devil's Den

OCTOBER 18, 1863:            

General Dan Sickles U.S.A., the “goat” of Gettysburg, having been released from the hospital after losing a leg in the battle, returns to the Army of The Potomac. Although his men of the Third Corps give him a rousing welcome, General George Meade refuses to restore him to command until he is “completely healed of his wounds.” Sickles, not an amoeba, cannot grow another leg, and so, with this clumsy excuse, his career as a commander comes to an ignominious end. Sickles spends the rest of his life besmirching General Meade for his “treachery”.