Posted on 06/16/2021 6:14:45 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Saturday, June 15.
There is no doubt that the rebels are falling back on Manassas Junction, and that they are making all haste to get away from the column approaching from the West. You may depend upon it, they cannot live long at the Junction. There is no water there except what is drawn from wells. It is no centre of provisions, and has no communication with a productive country, or with any great depot of supplies, except Richmond, and Richmond needs all her own resources to take care of herself. They must therefore move from Manassas, and towards the South. I repeat this, because of the reiteration of the ridiculous story that they are coming to Washington, with inferior numbers and demoralized men, to attack a thoroughly disciplined and well-equipped force.
Communications have already been opened with Harper's Ferry, and Government laborers are at work repairing the bridge over the river at that place. An attempt was made by the rebels to blow up the abutments of the old bridge, but the blast would not go off. Then the wood, work was fired. In twelve days the regular trains will be running as usual. FIFTEEN THOUSAND MORE TROOPS FOR GEN. BUTLER.
Gen. BUTLER has demanded fifteen thousand additional troops. He will have them in five days, the men being on hand, and anxious to be off.
Gov. MORGAN agreed with the Government to send a full regiment from New-York every three days, until the entire force was dispatched.
CLARENCE A. SEWARD, of New-York, has been appointed a Major in the regular army. He is now a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Cayuga Regiment.
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A few weeks later First Manassas happened and D,C. was in a panic.
Good morning Professor.
I got the Delorean fired up again....
“They must therefore move from Manassas, and towards the South. I repeat this, because of the reiteration of the ridiculous story that they are coming to Washington, with inferior numbers and demoralized men, to attack a thoroughly disciplined and well-equipped force.”
More often than not, the NYT is full of male bovine excrement.
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Now I know why general Lee didn’t have a subscription to the NYT.
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Kentucky.
Frankfort, May 22 (1861) In the House today the bill to arm Kentucky was rejected, 48 against 42.
A resolution that the Governor’s proclamation of the 20th contains the true position that Kentucky should occupy during the strife between the North and South, was rejected.
The amendment to the State militia law by which the State Guard is required to swear to support the constitutions of the United States and Kentucky, was passed, 49 against 38.
“The Confederate Memorial in Mayfield is a commemorative monument and fountain located on the courthouse lawn in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky.
Mayfield during the Civil War was very supportive of the Confederate States of America. Representatives from seven western Kentucky counties and twenty western Tennessee counties met at Mayfield in May 1861 to discuss forming a new state that would join the Confederacy. The secession of Tennessee on June 8, 1861 caused the proposal to be abandoned, In 1864 Union forces occupied the town and forced the townspeople to help fortify the courthouse, which was destroyed later that year. The courthouse behind the memorial fountain was built in 1889.
Mayfield’s United Daughters of the Confederacy obtained the fountain in 1917 from the McNeal Marble Company in Marietta, Georgia at the cost of $1,650. (equivalent to $30,000 in 2017. The fountain, which no longer emits water, is a 10-foot-tall obelisk with wings that double as benches. On the end of the wings are 6-foot-tall light posts that are eight feet away from the center obelisk; the northern post is inscribed 1861, and the southern post 1865. The center obelisk has three different Confederate flags in copper relief on its top.
On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield, is nearby in Maplewood Cemetery, north of downtown Mayfield. Other monuments on the list that are also fountains are the Confederate Monument of Cadiz and the Confederate Memorial Fountain in Hopkinsville.”
“A Dramatic Session
July 4, 1861
Abraham Lincoln by Freeman Thorp
In the nation’s capital, the Fourth of July, 1861, began with a parade. As bands played, 20,000 militiamen strode proudly down Pennsylvania Avenue. Any thoughts that this was just another festive Independence Day in Washington, D.C., quickly vanished, however, when onlookers observed the vast number of military troops camped in the city and heard reports that enemy forces stood only a day’s march away.
At noon, enduring the city’s noise, dust, stench, and oppressive heat, members of Congress convened an emergency “extraordinary” session. Following the April bombardment of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection, called for 75,000 volunteers, and summoned Congress back into session, deliberately choosing this July date, so rich in national patriotism.
Forty-four senators took their places in the Senate Chamber on July 4th. The crack of the presiding officer’s gavel abruptly ended a dozen conversations as members turned their attention to the Senate Chaplain. Observing that “new disasters have befallen us and darkness broods in the land,” the Reverend Byron Sunderland reassured his senatorial congregation that this Independence Day was “a day tenfold more precious by reason of our present troubles.”
As Vice President Hannibal Hamlin called members to order, he looked across a chamber that contained nearly 20 ominously vacant desks—one for each of the recently departed senators representing states that had joined the Confederacy. Perhaps he noticed the desk of former Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis, its mahogany finish newly scarred by the sharp bayonet of a passing Massachusetts soldier. Due to the departure of Southern senators—nearly all Democrats—the Republican Party, for the first time in its brief history, now controlled the Senate by a margin of more than three-to-one.
This emergency session of the 37th Congress lasted only five weeks. Even under the threat of encircling enemy forces and the sting of an unexpected military defeat at Bull Run, Congress managed to enact a host of major public laws, making this one of the most productive and dramatic legislative sessions in all of American history.”
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Dramatic_Session.htm
“The Civil War: The Senate’s Story
April 15, 1861: President Lincoln Calls Congress into Emergency Session
On April 15, 1861, just three days after the attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling forth the state militias, to the sum of 75,000 troops, in order to suppress the rebellion. He appealed “to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union.” As days passed, senators noted the tremendous response to the president’s call for troops. “The response of the loyal states to the call of Lincoln was perhaps the most remarkable uprising of a great people in the history of mankind,” wrote Senator John Sherman of Ohio. “Within a few days the road to Washington was opened, but the men who answered the call were not soldiers, but citizens.”
Lincoln’s proclamation also summoned Congress to return for an extraordinary session beginning on July 4, “to consider, and determine, such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety, and interest, may seem to demand.” From April to July of 1861, in preparation for the rare summertime session, senators were engaged in a variety of war-related activities—rallying support, building the military, crafting essential legislation, and handling constituent requests. John Sherman met with administration officials and worked during these months to recruit military enlistments. He even served as an aide-de-camp in the Union army, in addition to fulfilling Senate duties. Stephen Douglas met privately with President Lincoln on April 14, then traveled extensively throughout April and May to deliver speeches demanding that partisan battles be put aside in order to rally support for the Union cause. “You all know that I am a very good partisan fighter,” he told the Illinois state legislature on April 25. “I trust you will find me equally a good patriot.” Charles Sumner of Massachusetts advised Lincoln on foreign policy, while Maine’s William Pitt Fessenden tackled issues of finance.”
37 Congress Sessions
Special Mar 4, 1861 to Mar 28, 1861
1 Jul 4, 1861 to Aug 6, 1861
2 Dec 2, 1861 to Jul 17, 1862
3 Dec 1, 1862 to Mar 3, 1863
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