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Monday, April 15 1861
MARTIAL MADNESS MOTIVATES MILITARISM
President Lincoln today issued a call for the raising of 75,000
militia, a proclamation that a state of insurrection existed, and a
call for a special session of Congress. Far Northern states accepted
the call for troops; Kentucky and North Carolina immediately
refused. Enthusiastic amateurs in North Carolina seized Federal Fort
Macon, which was not difficult as it was unoccupied. In many cities
large and small the news of the firing on Ft. Sumter was the
occasion for mass meetings, torchlight parades, and a strange
feeling of relief that the war, so long anticipated, had finally,
definitely arrived.
Tuesday, April 15 1862
SNIPING, SKIRMISHING SET SCENES
No large-scale fighting occurred today, but there were dust-ups in
nearly every part of the country, particularly the West. Skirmishing
went on in Peralta, New Mexico Territory; Lost Creek, Missouri,
and Picacho Pass, Arizona. In the latter, the Federal forces
came out the victors, and this was not considered to be a good omen
for the Confederate control of Tucson.
Wednesday, April 15 1863
WASHINGTON WARFARE WEARILY WANING
For the last two weeks or so there had been a battle in progress in
Washington, North Carolina, which was
occupied by Federal forces and being attacked by Confederates. The
southern fighters began breaking off the attack and preparing to
depart the scene. They had received word that Union gunboats were on
the way with relief supplies and, more importantly, reinforcements
for the weary defenders. Their numbers would make the attack
impossible to win.
Friday, April 15 1864
SPRING SETS SKIRMISHING SITES
Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg--none of them were the
scene of battle today. Instead the action was taking place in places
like Spencer’s Ranch, New Mexico Territory (the one over by Presidio
del Norte, not the other one); Rosedale and Camden (Arkansas, not
the other one) and Half Mountain on Licking River. There’s only one
of those. It’s in Kentucky.
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