[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of Rutherford B. Hayes, May, 19, 1861 (“We find a good deal of difficulty in getting new companies or regiments accepted for the war, but we shall persevere.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-may-19-1861.html

Private Daniel L. Ambrose: May 19, 1861 (“On the nineteenth of May, private Harvey, of Company A, died—the first death in the regiment. The first soldier in the first regiment to offer his life for the flag and freedom.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/private-daniel-l-ambrose-may-19-1861.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 19, 1861 (Russell visits an immigrant German merchant of Montgomery, and describes the flora on the grounds of that man’s property.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-19.html

Lieutenant-Colonel John T. L. Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, May 19, 1861 (Officer on Col. Jackson’s staff has been reconnoitering positions around Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/lieutenant-colonel-john-t-l-preston-to_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 19, 1861 (Jones gets a job working for Secretary of War Leroy Porter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-19.html

[colorado tanker]

This period almost feel like the "phony war" during WWII just before the German blitzkrieg into the Low Countries and France.

Both sides are woefully unprepared for a major war and the South is moving its Capital. Eventually, they'll get to the bloodletting.