A follow up to my 10-19 entry on the grave of Samuel Brown, Sr. being marked incorrectly as a Confederate soldier even though he was an ex-slave and a member of the United States Colored Troops.
The marker said he died December 21, 1923, and was in Co. K 137th Regt. CLD Infantry.
The CLD probably stands for Colored and perhaps this confused whoever made the marker. It should have read USCT, United States Colored troops.
That still doesn't explain why his descendants didn't notice the word Confederate on the marker all those years.
I also came across mention of another soldier, Daniel Ryder who served in the same unite, Co. K 137th CLD Infantry.
The 137th USCT were organized i Selma, Alabama in April 1865, one of the last USCT units organized as the war essentially ended that month. It consisted mostly of farmers and laborers who were ex-slaves. Some of the unit were assigned to burial details at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
Always Good to have the Correct Information on Grave Markers. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ten Worst American Civil War Generals
I came across this interesting list at www.toptenz.net May 24, 2008.
The list had the reasons, but I just wrote down the names.
10. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, USA
9. William S. Rosecrans, USA
8. Don Carlos Buell, USA
7. Gideon Pillow, CSA
6. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, USA
5. Franz Sigel, USA
4. Braxton Bragg, CSA-- I'd put him at #1
3. Ambrose Everett Burnside, USA-- but at least he had those neat sideburns
2. George Brinton McClellan, USA
1. Benjamin Franklin Butler, USA
Of interest, eight of them were Union. Both Bragg and Butler were involved inthe battles of Fort Fisher.
You'll find their comments of interest.
The list had the reasons, but I just wrote down the names.
10. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, USA
9. William S. Rosecrans, USA
8. Don Carlos Buell, USA
7. Gideon Pillow, CSA
6. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, USA
5. Franz Sigel, USA
4. Braxton Bragg, CSA-- I'd put him at #1
3. Ambrose Everett Burnside, USA-- but at least he had those neat sideburns
2. George Brinton McClellan, USA
1. Benjamin Franklin Butler, USA
Of interest, eight of them were Union. Both Bragg and Butler were involved inthe battles of Fort Fisher.
You'll find their comments of interest.
W.H.L. Wallace: Grant's Greatest General?-- Part 2
Continued from October 6th.
The two Union generals with Wallace as both their last names causes a lot of confusion. When I first came across W.H.L. Wallace, I thought he was the one who wrote "Ben Hur." But, it was fellow General Lew Wallace who wrote that story. Lew Wallace had commanded the 11th Indiana, wrote that the two generals being in the same army probably caused "great profanity in the army post office."
Before the war, W.H.L. Wallace had planned to study law under one Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, but ended up studying law and becoming a lawyer in Ottawa, Illinois.
At the onset of the Civil War, Wallace volunteered as a private in the 11th Illinois and soon was elected colonel of the regiment. For his conspicuous service at Fort Donelson, Wallace was appointed brigadier general.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Wallace's men were next to the Hornet's Nest and the Sunken Road and withstood six hours of Confederate attacks. Wallace was in command of the division there and was mortally wounded. Union soldiers found him barely alive and carried him to his wife in a home nearby. He died three days later on April 10, 1862.
He is buried in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, at his family cemetery at 815 LaSalle Street along with his war horse Prince. There is a mural of him in Ottawa.
It would have been interesting to see how he would have done in the war had he not been killed so early.
A Great, But Little-Known General. -B-R'er
The two Union generals with Wallace as both their last names causes a lot of confusion. When I first came across W.H.L. Wallace, I thought he was the one who wrote "Ben Hur." But, it was fellow General Lew Wallace who wrote that story. Lew Wallace had commanded the 11th Indiana, wrote that the two generals being in the same army probably caused "great profanity in the army post office."
Before the war, W.H.L. Wallace had planned to study law under one Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, but ended up studying law and becoming a lawyer in Ottawa, Illinois.
At the onset of the Civil War, Wallace volunteered as a private in the 11th Illinois and soon was elected colonel of the regiment. For his conspicuous service at Fort Donelson, Wallace was appointed brigadier general.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Wallace's men were next to the Hornet's Nest and the Sunken Road and withstood six hours of Confederate attacks. Wallace was in command of the division there and was mortally wounded. Union soldiers found him barely alive and carried him to his wife in a home nearby. He died three days later on April 10, 1862.
He is buried in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, at his family cemetery at 815 LaSalle Street along with his war horse Prince. There is a mural of him in Ottawa.
It would have been interesting to see how he would have done in the war had he not been killed so early.
A Great, But Little-Known General. -B-R'er
Meet Fort Fisher's Daisy Lamb This Weekend
From the October 7th Carolina Beach Today "Celebration at Fort Fisher: Recalling the Parties of Daisy Lamb--October 23rd."
The event will take place Saturday, October 23rd from 10 am to 5 pm.
Sarah Anne Chaffin Lamb, better known Daisy, the wife of Fort Fisher's commander Col. William Lamb, was born in Rhode Island and lived at Fort Fisher from 1863 to its fall in 1865.
The experience coming this Saturday will be primarily from a woman's stand point. Music from the era, both traditional and popular, will be performed by the Huckleberry Brothers and, you can even learn how to dance.
Fort Fisher site historian Ray Flowers will give a talk on the Lambs, and, as a special treat, attendees will get the first chance to view a temporary exhibit of Lamb artifacts that the site has recently acquired.
If you're in a cooking mode, recipes used by Daisy and Wilmington women from that era will be given away. There will also be hands-on activities for the kids.
The 32-pdr. cannon atop Sheppard's Battery will be fired.
Sounds Like a Great Time. Wish I Could Be There. --Old B-Runner
The event will take place Saturday, October 23rd from 10 am to 5 pm.
Sarah Anne Chaffin Lamb, better known Daisy, the wife of Fort Fisher's commander Col. William Lamb, was born in Rhode Island and lived at Fort Fisher from 1863 to its fall in 1865.
The experience coming this Saturday will be primarily from a woman's stand point. Music from the era, both traditional and popular, will be performed by the Huckleberry Brothers and, you can even learn how to dance.
Fort Fisher site historian Ray Flowers will give a talk on the Lambs, and, as a special treat, attendees will get the first chance to view a temporary exhibit of Lamb artifacts that the site has recently acquired.
If you're in a cooking mode, recipes used by Daisy and Wilmington women from that era will be given away. There will also be hands-on activities for the kids.
The 32-pdr. cannon atop Sheppard's Battery will be fired.
Sounds Like a Great Time. Wish I Could Be There. --Old B-Runner
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Finally Got His Side Right
From the July 27th Jackson Sun.
The headstone of a former slave and Union soldier in Valleja, Ca., no longer says that he was in the Confederate Army. The article says that for years, his family failed to recognize the mistake.
Samuel Brown, Jr., was born into slavery in Georgia in 1833. When he was emancipated, he joined the Union Army where he served for one year.
It is not known how he came to be listed as a Confederate.
A cemetery employee noticed the mistake and contacted the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War who corrected the mistake.
It's About Time. --B-R'er
The headstone of a former slave and Union soldier in Valleja, Ca., no longer says that he was in the Confederate Army. The article says that for years, his family failed to recognize the mistake.
Samuel Brown, Jr., was born into slavery in Georgia in 1833. When he was emancipated, he joined the Union Army where he served for one year.
It is not known how he came to be listed as a Confederate.
A cemetery employee noticed the mistake and contacted the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War who corrected the mistake.
It's About Time. --B-R'er
Some More on the James D. Bulloch Plaque in Liverpool, UK-- Part 2
The ceremony was held at Charleston House in Liverpool, the home of the unofficial European bankers of the Confederacy.
Afterwards the group visited other Confederate sites in the area, including the Liver Inn on South Road which is used by Confederate re-enactors who meet their annually before taking a trip out to Bulloch's grave in Toxteth Cemetery.
Then, they went to Marine Terrace, where Bulloch and his wife Harriot lived with their children James Dunwoody, Jr., Jessie Hart and Henry Dunwoody.
Visits were also made to Wellington Street, Claremont House, Cambridge Road and St. John's Church where all the couple's babies were christened.
The article didn't mention it, but I'm sure they went to Bulloch's grave in Toxteth Cemetery.
Quite a Remarkable Man. --Old B-Runner
Afterwards the group visited other Confederate sites in the area, including the Liver Inn on South Road which is used by Confederate re-enactors who meet their annually before taking a trip out to Bulloch's grave in Toxteth Cemetery.
Then, they went to Marine Terrace, where Bulloch and his wife Harriot lived with their children James Dunwoody, Jr., Jessie Hart and Henry Dunwoody.
Visits were also made to Wellington Street, Claremont House, Cambridge Road and St. John's Church where all the couple's babies were christened.
The article didn't mention it, but I'm sure they went to Bulloch's grave in Toxteth Cemetery.
Quite a Remarkable Man. --Old B-Runner
Monday, October 18, 2010
Some More on the James D. Bulloch Plaque in Liverpool, UK-- Part 1
From the October 14th Crosby (UK) Herald "A step back in to Waterloo's US Civil War history" by Mark Johnson.
Barbara Elliott of Perth, Australia unveiled a plaque in Liverpool city centre in honor of her great grandfather James Dunwoody Bulloch, the Confederate States navy's secret purchasing agent in England.
He originally came to Liverpool to arrange cotton smuggling and lived in Waterloo because it was an isolated hamlet surrounded by fields at the time.
He was exiled to Liverpool after the war and buried at Toxteth Cemetery.
His great grand-daughter never met him. She said, "It's wonderful and very humbling to be here to honor my great-grandfather. It's a strange feeling to find out you're linked to a man who fought to change the course of history. But I'm excited to learn more about my heritage and I'm looking forward to a long relationship with the city."
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
Barbara Elliott of Perth, Australia unveiled a plaque in Liverpool city centre in honor of her great grandfather James Dunwoody Bulloch, the Confederate States navy's secret purchasing agent in England.
He originally came to Liverpool to arrange cotton smuggling and lived in Waterloo because it was an isolated hamlet surrounded by fields at the time.
He was exiled to Liverpool after the war and buried at Toxteth Cemetery.
His great grand-daughter never met him. She said, "It's wonderful and very humbling to be here to honor my great-grandfather. It's a strange feeling to find out you're linked to a man who fought to change the course of history. But I'm excited to learn more about my heritage and I'm looking forward to a long relationship with the city."
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Attacks on Confederate Heritage Continue
Just a few current examples.
PETITION AND MARCH-- Residents in the largely black community of Brownsville in Summerville, SC, have petitioned the city and plan a march past the house of a white neighbor who flies the Confederate flag.
NO FLAG AT WVU-- An editorial in the West Virginia Athenaeum student newspaper says there is no place for the Confederate flag on campus and calls for the university to make rules against employees flying it. "The Confederate flag is divisive. It alienates students. It has no place in our university. Period."
NEW MASCOT AT OLE MISS-- Still a Rebel, More Bearish. The Rebel Black Bear beat out other favorites like the rebel land Shark, Hotty Toddy and Admiral Ackbar. Obviously, there were a lot of comments.
One I particularly liked was, "Ole Miss has selected a black bear as its new mascot. Excuse me, I mean a Native-American Bear or Bear of Color. I apologize."
There was a vote in the article I read in AOL News as to who should be he mascot.
Colonel Reb 62% (the original)
Admiral Ackbar 22% (from Star Wars)
Hotty Toddy 8%
Rebel Black Bear 4%
Rebel Land Shark 4%
Will It Ever End? --Old B-Runner
PETITION AND MARCH-- Residents in the largely black community of Brownsville in Summerville, SC, have petitioned the city and plan a march past the house of a white neighbor who flies the Confederate flag.
NO FLAG AT WVU-- An editorial in the West Virginia Athenaeum student newspaper says there is no place for the Confederate flag on campus and calls for the university to make rules against employees flying it. "The Confederate flag is divisive. It alienates students. It has no place in our university. Period."
NEW MASCOT AT OLE MISS-- Still a Rebel, More Bearish. The Rebel Black Bear beat out other favorites like the rebel land Shark, Hotty Toddy and Admiral Ackbar. Obviously, there were a lot of comments.
One I particularly liked was, "Ole Miss has selected a black bear as its new mascot. Excuse me, I mean a Native-American Bear or Bear of Color. I apologize."
There was a vote in the article I read in AOL News as to who should be he mascot.
Colonel Reb 62% (the original)
Admiral Ackbar 22% (from Star Wars)
Hotty Toddy 8%
Rebel Black Bear 4%
Rebel Land Shark 4%
Will It Ever End? --Old B-Runner
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Training Those Kids to Be Proper Soldiers
I've seen this at several re-enactments and always get a kick out of it.
An announcement is made for kids to report to an area where they will receive some basic "soljer trainin'."
For some reason, this is often done by a Confederate sergeant.
Kids are told to respond to anything told them with a loud "Sir, yes sir!!" And, of course it often wasn't loud enough causing much repetition.
It was hilarious when the nco ordered them to line up by height by just telling them to stand behind the person taller than them. This took quite awhile and eventually the training continued with no semblance of proper height. "That's good enough!! Be here all day. They gotta be from the North!!" At this point, some Union re-enactors standing nearby called out in unison, "HEY!!"
Then, the sergeant put them through some basic drills like lining up, turn left, turn right and about face. About face was hilarious.
Then they went for a march.
Hay Foot, Straw Foot. --B-R'er
An announcement is made for kids to report to an area where they will receive some basic "soljer trainin'."
For some reason, this is often done by a Confederate sergeant.
Kids are told to respond to anything told them with a loud "Sir, yes sir!!" And, of course it often wasn't loud enough causing much repetition.
It was hilarious when the nco ordered them to line up by height by just telling them to stand behind the person taller than them. This took quite awhile and eventually the training continued with no semblance of proper height. "That's good enough!! Be here all day. They gotta be from the North!!" At this point, some Union re-enactors standing nearby called out in unison, "HEY!!"
Then, the sergeant put them through some basic drills like lining up, turn left, turn right and about face. About face was hilarious.
Then they went for a march.
Hay Foot, Straw Foot. --B-R'er
News from the Front: Lake Villa Civil War Days-- Part 3
Continued from Oct. 6th.
The Camp Douglas Sons of Confederate Veterans held the monthly meeting at the Lake Villa, Illinois, Civil War Re-enactment.
The 2011 National Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in June at the first capital of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama. Our Illinois Division will hold its conference in April in Abraham Lincoln's hometown, Springfield. A descendant of Captain Wirtz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, will be a speaker.
And speaking of prisons, in 1864, the state of Illinois housed Confederate prisoners at four camps:
8,000 at Camp Douglas in Chicago
7,500 at Camp Butler in Springfield
6,000 at Rock Island
5,000 at Alton
Our division and camp websites have been changed.
Just Some SCV News. --Old B-Runner
The Camp Douglas Sons of Confederate Veterans held the monthly meeting at the Lake Villa, Illinois, Civil War Re-enactment.
The 2011 National Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in June at the first capital of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama. Our Illinois Division will hold its conference in April in Abraham Lincoln's hometown, Springfield. A descendant of Captain Wirtz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, will be a speaker.
And speaking of prisons, in 1864, the state of Illinois housed Confederate prisoners at four camps:
8,000 at Camp Douglas in Chicago
7,500 at Camp Butler in Springfield
6,000 at Rock Island
5,000 at Alton
Our division and camp websites have been changed.
Just Some SCV News. --Old B-Runner
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Black Confederates at Fort Fisher?
I got this from the January Black Confederate Warriors of Dixie blog put out by the Southern War Room and Southern Heritage News & Views.
I'm not sure where they got this information, but it is interesting, so will include it.
When Fort Fisher was captured, Union forces recorded three or four black Confederate soldiers who were paroled and exchanged exactly like the white Confederates.
CHARLES DEMPSEY-- private, Co. F 36th NC (2nd NC Artillery) Negro. Confined at Point Lookout until paroled and exchanged at Coxes Landing, James River, Feb. 14 and 15, 1865.
HENRY DEMPSEY-- same information as Charles Dempsey. Perhaps they were brothers?
J. DOYLE-- 40th North Carolina (3rd NC Artillery). Same as the first two, except paroled and exchanged at Boulware's Wharf, James River, Virginia March 16, 1865. (I found evidence of many Confederate prisoners being exchanged here.)
DANIEL HERRING-- cook, Co. F, released after taking Oath of Allegiance June 19, 1865.
I did not know that the Union was having prisoner exchange at this late date in the war.
If anyone has anything else to say about these four men, let me know.
Stuff I Didn't Know. --B-R'er
I'm not sure where they got this information, but it is interesting, so will include it.
When Fort Fisher was captured, Union forces recorded three or four black Confederate soldiers who were paroled and exchanged exactly like the white Confederates.
CHARLES DEMPSEY-- private, Co. F 36th NC (2nd NC Artillery) Negro. Confined at Point Lookout until paroled and exchanged at Coxes Landing, James River, Feb. 14 and 15, 1865.
HENRY DEMPSEY-- same information as Charles Dempsey. Perhaps they were brothers?
J. DOYLE-- 40th North Carolina (3rd NC Artillery). Same as the first two, except paroled and exchanged at Boulware's Wharf, James River, Virginia March 16, 1865. (I found evidence of many Confederate prisoners being exchanged here.)
DANIEL HERRING-- cook, Co. F, released after taking Oath of Allegiance June 19, 1865.
I did not know that the Union was having prisoner exchange at this late date in the war.
If anyone has anything else to say about these four men, let me know.
Stuff I Didn't Know. --B-R'er
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Galena's Blakely Gun-- Part 5
Continued from July 24th.
From Civil War Talk Famous Weapons.
The 45th Illinois, the Washburne Lead Mine Regiment, entered Cheraw and discovered much abandoned ordnance from Charleston "muskets, sabers, small arms, artillery ammunition, limbers, caissons, and twenty-five pieces of artillery." Several of these were turned on the retreating Confederates including the Blakely, whose plaque positively id'd it. Unfortunately, the plaque is no longer with the gun.
The cannon ended the war in the service of the Third Battery, First Michigan Light Artillery. After the war, ot ended up stored at the US Rock Island, Illinois, Arsenal.
Jonathan White, then Jo Davies County treasurer, had been in Co. D of the Washburne Lead Mine Regiment, 45th Illinois, and had entered Cheraw, SC, that day back in March 1865. He found out that the Blakely Rifle was at the Rock Island Arsenal, about 100 miles away.
In April 1896, he related the story to Major Thaddeus Bermingham and they decided to try to get the gun. and present it to the Grant Park Commission for permanent display, hoping to have it in time for the Grant Birthday Celebration on April 27th.
They enlisted the aid of Congressman Robert Hitt, who expedited it and on April 22, 1896, both houses of Congress passed the bill "with hurrah" and it was signed by President Cleveland.
Thaddeus Bermingham and E.W. Montgomery helped defray shipping costs and the gun was presented at the celebration.
Now, That Was Some Fast Moving. Less Than a Month. --Old B-Runner
From Civil War Talk Famous Weapons.
The 45th Illinois, the Washburne Lead Mine Regiment, entered Cheraw and discovered much abandoned ordnance from Charleston "muskets, sabers, small arms, artillery ammunition, limbers, caissons, and twenty-five pieces of artillery." Several of these were turned on the retreating Confederates including the Blakely, whose plaque positively id'd it. Unfortunately, the plaque is no longer with the gun.
The cannon ended the war in the service of the Third Battery, First Michigan Light Artillery. After the war, ot ended up stored at the US Rock Island, Illinois, Arsenal.
Jonathan White, then Jo Davies County treasurer, had been in Co. D of the Washburne Lead Mine Regiment, 45th Illinois, and had entered Cheraw, SC, that day back in March 1865. He found out that the Blakely Rifle was at the Rock Island Arsenal, about 100 miles away.
In April 1896, he related the story to Major Thaddeus Bermingham and they decided to try to get the gun. and present it to the Grant Park Commission for permanent display, hoping to have it in time for the Grant Birthday Celebration on April 27th.
They enlisted the aid of Congressman Robert Hitt, who expedited it and on April 22, 1896, both houses of Congress passed the bill "with hurrah" and it was signed by President Cleveland.
Thaddeus Bermingham and E.W. Montgomery helped defray shipping costs and the gun was presented at the celebration.
Now, That Was Some Fast Moving. Less Than a Month. --Old B-Runner
Monday, October 11, 2010
RFK-owned Copy of Emancipation Proclamation Goes On Auction
From October 7th Associated Press by Ula Ilnytzky.
Sotheby's Auction House believes that an Abraham Lincoln signed copy of the document freeing slaves in rebellious states might get $1,500,000. On top of that, it was also owned by Robert F. Kennedy who bought it in early 1964 for $9,500. His widow, Ethel is offering it for a December 10th sale.
At the time of purchase, and before it, Kennedy was busy fighting for civil rights, 100 years after the original became law.
RFK's copy was one of 48, all signed by Lincoln, to be sold as a way to raise money for medical care for Union soldiers. This copy was first sold in 1864 in Philadelphia by the Sanitary Commission, a forerunner of the Red Cross.
After Kennedy bought it, the copy was framed and hung in one of the main hallways of Hickory Hill, his 1840s home in McLean, Virginia, which was sold last year.
Making the document even more expensive is the fact that only half of the copies are known to survive. Fourteen are in public institutions and another eight or nine are held privately.
Just before signing the original, Lincoln said, "I never in my life felt more certain that I was doing right that I do in signing this paper."
Robert Kennedy at a White House speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation reflecting on the status of civil rights said, "deed, not talk, is what is needed now."
So, if you have a spare $1,500,000 lying around, such a deal.
A Real Piece of History. --Old B-Runner
Sotheby's Auction House believes that an Abraham Lincoln signed copy of the document freeing slaves in rebellious states might get $1,500,000. On top of that, it was also owned by Robert F. Kennedy who bought it in early 1964 for $9,500. His widow, Ethel is offering it for a December 10th sale.
At the time of purchase, and before it, Kennedy was busy fighting for civil rights, 100 years after the original became law.
RFK's copy was one of 48, all signed by Lincoln, to be sold as a way to raise money for medical care for Union soldiers. This copy was first sold in 1864 in Philadelphia by the Sanitary Commission, a forerunner of the Red Cross.
After Kennedy bought it, the copy was framed and hung in one of the main hallways of Hickory Hill, his 1840s home in McLean, Virginia, which was sold last year.
Making the document even more expensive is the fact that only half of the copies are known to survive. Fourteen are in public institutions and another eight or nine are held privately.
Just before signing the original, Lincoln said, "I never in my life felt more certain that I was doing right that I do in signing this paper."
Robert Kennedy at a White House speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation reflecting on the status of civil rights said, "deed, not talk, is what is needed now."
So, if you have a spare $1,500,000 lying around, such a deal.
A Real Piece of History. --Old B-Runner
Saturday, October 9, 2010
James D. Bulloch Honored in Liverpool
From the October 7th Liverpool Echo.co.uk "Life of American Civil War secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch commemorated in Liverpool" by Rebecca Cole.
His great-granddaughter, Barbara Elliott, flew in from Australia to unveil the new plaque honoring James Bulloch in Liverpool. She was joined by historians and Civil War experts.
He served as secret purchasing agent for the Confederacy during the war,
He was born in Georgia but spent most of his life working in Rumford Court Offices in Liverpool city centre. During the war, he made arrangements to smuggle cotton through the Union blockade and also bought the CSS Alabama from Cammel Laird. Along with blockade-runners, he also was involved with the purchase of the CSS Florida.
Bulloch died in 1901 and left $30,000 to his nephew, the future President Theodore Roosevelt.
Later, he was exiled to Liverpool as a traitor and is buried in Toxteth.
On the Sly in the Civil War. --Old B-Runner
His great-granddaughter, Barbara Elliott, flew in from Australia to unveil the new plaque honoring James Bulloch in Liverpool. She was joined by historians and Civil War experts.
He served as secret purchasing agent for the Confederacy during the war,
He was born in Georgia but spent most of his life working in Rumford Court Offices in Liverpool city centre. During the war, he made arrangements to smuggle cotton through the Union blockade and also bought the CSS Alabama from Cammel Laird. Along with blockade-runners, he also was involved with the purchase of the CSS Florida.
Bulloch died in 1901 and left $30,000 to his nephew, the future President Theodore Roosevelt.
Later, he was exiled to Liverpool as a traitor and is buried in Toxteth.
On the Sly in the Civil War. --Old B-Runner
Friday, October 8, 2010
One Really Fine Civil War Travel Blog
A big thanks to Civil War Interactive for tipping me off to one of the better Civil War travel blogs that I have read.
John Swansbury and three "conscripted friends are in the midst of a ten day trip across the US, visiting Civil War sites they find of interest from New Orleans to New York.
Some of their stops will be at Andersonville, the H.L. Hunley and Stone Mountain.
They are enlisting private tour guides at the battlefields which is probably the best, albeit expensive way to go.
You can view their progress at http://www.slate.com/id/2269604/entry/2269605/takingatrip
Well Worth a Look. --Old B-Runner
John Swansbury and three "conscripted friends are in the midst of a ten day trip across the US, visiting Civil War sites they find of interest from New Orleans to New York.
Some of their stops will be at Andersonville, the H.L. Hunley and Stone Mountain.
They are enlisting private tour guides at the battlefields which is probably the best, albeit expensive way to go.
You can view their progress at http://www.slate.com/id/2269604/entry/2269605/takingatrip
Well Worth a Look. --Old B-Runner
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