Article Archives: The Civil War 150th Anniversary

The Civil War 150th Anniversary: April 1864

April 17, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

The health of the city “is improving and the general health may now be considered good.” During the winter, there was “a large amount of sickness” — congestion, spotted fever, and small-pox — some fatal. Prevalent now, mostly among the soldiers in the camps, is typhoid pneumonia and inflammatory rheumatism. … Read More

The Civil War: February 1864

February 20, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

Note:  2014 continues the 150th anniversary of the greatest conflict in which Americans were ever engaged – the Civil War.  This is the thirty-eight 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. Hoosiers … Read More

Civil War Anniversary: January 1864

January 23, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

A driving snow storm and chilling temperatures dipping to 20 degrees below zero ushered in the New Year. The sentries at Camp Morton watching over the 3,000 prisoners quartered in barracks furnished with stoves and wood, along with several soldiers at Camp Carrington, Camp Shanks, and Camp Fremont “suffered terribly” from … Read More

150th Anniversary of the Civil War: December 1863

December 19, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

December began with the Rumsey’s Minstrels performing at Masonic Hall which provided a diversion to the citizens of Indianapolis from accounts of the Battles of Chattanooga – Missionary Ridge, Wauhatchie, and Lookout Mountain. These contests were “proven to be among the most successful ones of the war,” but the accompanying … Read More

The Civil War 150th Anniversary — November 1863

November 21, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Much of the public’s attention was divided between recruiting efforts to fulfill Indiana’s draft quota with volunteer enlistments and the trials of Mrs. Mary Ann Longenecker of West Indianapolis for the murder by poison of her husband, Samuel Longenecker last June, and James Sutherland for the murder of Roddy A. … Read More