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Showing posts with label Draft Riots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Draft Riots. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, August 15, 1864—9 p.m.

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CITY POINT, VA., August 15 , 1864 — 9 p.m.                         (Received 6 . 30 a.m. 17 th.) Major-General HALLECK, Washingto...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Joshua Bates to John M. Forbes, August 22, 1863

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21 Arlington Street, 22 August, 1863. Many thanks for your letter of the 4th August. I grieve with you for the loss of good young men ...
Monday, June 3, 2019

John M. Forbes, after July 12, 1863

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We landed in New York on Sunday evening [July 12], the day before the great draft riots there broke out. When the pilot came on board, the ...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

George L. Stearns to Dr. W. J. Baner of New York City, July 17, 1863

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You have been called to a fearful ordeal, but one I trust necessary for the future stability of our government and civilization, — the resu...
Monday, April 8, 2019

Gerrit Smith’s Speech on the Rebellion and the Draft: Oswego, New York, July 29, 1863

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I am embarrassed at the very outset. For I recollect that I am an abolitionist; and I recollect that in the public esteem he who is an abol...
Friday, April 5, 2019

Joseph Choate to George L. Stearns, probably about late July 1863

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This last calamity to the house and family of Mrs. Gibbons (the sacking of her home by the recent riot) presents a fit opportunity for her...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Lieutenant-Colonel William T. Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, July 20, 1863

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Headquarters Del. Dept. Wilmington, Del. , July 20th, 1863. My dear Mother: You have heard before now, I suppose, that I was in New...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Lieutenant-Colonel William T. Lusk, July 14, 1863

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Longview, Enfield, Conn., July 14th, 1863. My own dear Son: I received your last letter on Saturday, and rejoice in your health, an...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – Received 12:10 p.m.

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NEW YORK, July 13 , 1863 .   (Received 12 . 10 p.m.) SIR: What is represented as a serious riot is now taking place on Third avenu...

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – Received 2:30 p.m.

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NEW YORK, July 13 , 1863 .   (Received 2 . 30 p.m.) SIR: The riot has assumed serious proportions, and is entirely beyond the contr...

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – 9:30 p.m.

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NEW YORK, July 13 , 1863 — 9 . 30 p.m. (Received 11 . 45 p.m.) SIR: The situation is not improved since dark. The programme is div...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, July 15, 1863

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We have the back mails this morning. The papers are filled with accounts of mobs, riots, burnings, and murders in New York. There have been...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, July 26, 1863

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Warrenton, Virginia , July 26, 1863. My dear sister: Since I last wrote you we have been marching every day over the worst roads, and...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, July 17, 1863

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Berlin, Few Miles From Harper's Ferry, July 17, 1863. My dear sister: I received your letter of the 10th instant last night. Th...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Anna Jackson Lowell, June 5, 1863

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Camp Brightwood , June 5, 1863. I do not see what you and Mr. Child find to be so hopeful about, — I see no evidence of yielding on the...