Article Archives: The Civil War 150th Anniversary

The Civil War — 150th Anniversary, October 1863

October 17, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Public meetings in the Marion County townships were scheduled, “attended by able speakers for the discussion of the political issues of the times,” during the first week of October. Warren Township’s meeting was at Bethel Meeting House on Thursday evening, October 6. Crowds pouring in by most of the railroads … Read More

The Civil War 150th Anniversary: September 1863

September 19, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Many of the citizens of Indianapolis are not aware of the large number of citizens from other states, especially from the South, who have left their homes since the war commenced and “sought refuge and employment” in the Hoosier capital. Day and night the “buzz of machinery may be heard” … Read More

The Civil War — 150th Anniversary: August 1863

August 22, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Saturday morning, August 1, Indianapolis residents read a letter from a member of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry, published in the Journal, giving an account of the chase of the “notorious John H. Morgan” and his capture in Columbiana County, Ohio thus ending “one of the most memorable raids and pursuits … Read More

The Civil War — 150th Anniversary

July 18, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Note:  2013 continues the 150th anniversary of the greatest conflict in which Americans were ever engaged – the Civil War.  This is the thirty-first in a series of articles providing a month by month synopsis from the pages of  The Indianapolis Daily Journal of Hoosier reactions to national events. Wednesday, … Read More

The Civil War – 150th Anniversary: June 1863

June 20, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

June opened with Indianapolis residents catching the final acts of the theater season at Metropolitan and Masonic Halls as they were equally drawn to accounts in the Journal columns of the drama contained in the long casualty lists from the battlefields of Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hill, and Vicksburg. First … Read More