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This Week in Georgia Civil War History
Apr. 13, 1862: The Southern Confederacy of Atlanta printed a short editorial on the fall of Fort Pulaski, which was not kind to those who planned the coastal defenses.
Click here to see the discharge order for a Georgia soldier who had reached the end of his term of service. While the previous soldier was returning home, another one was taking his Enlistment Oath to the State of Georgia. Union General David Hunter issued an order which freed slaves behind union lines in Department of South; he would later expand it to all the South, but President Abraham Lincoln would revoke it. Apr. 14, 1862: The Richmond Times Dispatch printed a report on the attack on Fort Pulaski from their correspondent in Savannah. Below is the handwritten discharge order for a Georgia soldier who suffered from both a fever and hemorrhoids.
Click here to see the discharge order for a Georgia soldier who suffered from a severe fever. Apr. 15, 1862: The Confederate Congress passed a Conscription Act which drafted all men between 18 and 35 into Confederate military service. The Southern Federal Union of Milledgeville also reported on the fall of Fort Pulaski, although they had few details. They did comment that brick and mortar forts would not be able to stand up to Northern firepower, and that more ironclad ships were needed.
The Southern Recorder of Milledgeville also reported on Fort Pulaski, praised its defenders, and expected an imminent attack on Savannah.
The Southern Confederacy printed a lengthy report on the Andrews' Raid on April 12.
Click here to see the discharge order for a Georgia soldier who suffered from a "hemorage of the bowels." Apr. 16, 1862: Confederate President Jefferson Davis signed into law a conscription act passed by the Confederate Congress the previous day; it mandated three years of service for all males between 18 and 35 years of age. This would be a point of contention between Davis and Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, who was openly critical of the law and attempted to exempt Georgia state troops from it. As it passed originally, the law applied to all men, except those unable to serve because of physcial disability, or those who could afford to pay for a substitute to fight in their place. While the Confederate Congress was enacting a conscription law, The Southern Watchman of Athens was editorializing that there was no need for one.
Two companies of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Georgia Brigade had a brief skirmish with troops from Michigan on the coast of Whitemarsh Island on this day. The Southern Confederacy reported on their difficulty in getting news because of cut telegraph lines from the "bridge-burning engine stealers," a reference to the Andrews' Raid on April 12.
The Confederate Post Office issued a five-cent stamp with the image of President Jefferson Davis.
Click here for more on Confederate stamps. President Abraham Lincoln signed act abolishing slavery in Washington D.C. See the text of the act here. Apr. 17, 1862: The Southern Confederacy reprinted a brief item from a Virginia newspaper on the passage of the conscription act.
Apr. 18, 1862: The Georgia Weekly Telegraph of Macon printed three successive items on Fort Pulaski, beginning with the first day's bombardment and ending with its surrender.
Apr. 19, 1862: The Southern Confederacy printed an editorial again claiming the North would pay its war debt - and pointed out its staggering sums - by conquering and robbing the South.
This week's edition of Harper's Weekly printed an approaches to Savannah map which featured Fort Pulaski.
Image Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries This Week in Georgia Civil War History Table of Contents To the best of our knowledge, images on this site are either (1) in the public domain, or (2) qualify for educational Fair Use under federal copyright law, or (3) are used by permission. |
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