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Wednesday May 22 1861
CONFEDERATE CREDIT COMMODITIES CRIMPED
The financing of a new nation is a complicated matter. The
Confederate States of America was certainly no exception to this
rule, and was endeavoring to secure such financing in the capital
markets of Europe. As a primarily agrarian society most of what they
had to sell for export was food and fiber products, most of which
would not be ready for harvest for some months. They were therefore
trying to sell securities--Confederate bonds. The market was
reported weak today.
Thursday May 22 1862
MILITARY MAKES MASSANUTTEN MOUNTAIN MANEUVERS
U.S. Gen. Nathaniel Banks had to be tearing his hair today. He knew
Stonewall Jackson was in the Shenandoah Valley somewhere, but every
time he got to the right place, Jackson wasn’t there any more. Today
the Confederate “foot cavalry” slid neatly through the Luray Gap of
Massanutten Mountain, putting them in a side valley of the Blue
Ridge. Turner Ashby’s cavalry (the regular
horse kind) screened the maneuver. Banks was still looking for
rebels in the wrong place.
Friday May 22 1863
VICKSBURG VICTORY VOIDED
U. S. Grant launched his second attack on fortified Vicksburg,
Miss., today, and the results were, if anything, worse than the
first. Again Sherman made the most progress, advancing to the top of
one of the defender’s trenches, but he was driven off. Grant lost
3200 men out of his army of 45,000; Confederate losses were fewer
than 500. Jefferson Davis was trying to find any available forces to
help Gen. Joe Johnston lift the siege, but not having much luck.
Sunday May 22 1864
SOUTHERN SEIZURE SURPRISES STINGAREE
If inanimate objects such as ships were capable of feeling emotional
reactions, the USS Stingaree would have been in a state of severe
confusion today. First she was set upon by a party of Confederates
while minding her own business in the vicinity of Brazos, Tex. She
was just getting used to being the CSS Stingaree when her original
owners succeeded in reclaiming her. It was enough to make her head
spin.
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