No argument, but also: it's my understanding that Sec War Stanton stipulated that the four regiments from the AoP sent to NYC all had to have been raised in NEW YORK CITY.
That made sense, Copperheads would have been the first to claim it was an invasion force. (Plus, troops from NYC didn't need maps and all spoke the local dialects.)
No argument, but also: it's my understanding that Sec War Stanton stipulated that the four regiments from the AoP sent to NYC all had to have been raised in NEW YORK CITY.
That made sense, Copperheads would have been the first to claim it was an invasion force. (Plus, troops from NYC didn't need maps and all spoke the local dialects.)
It would also be fun to insert Ltc Arthur Fremantle into the production. The CW's most famous war tourist, he got a platinum ticket to see the PA Invasion. After catching a lift with Dorsey Pender he caught up with Lee just as Heth's division incited the battle. Incomprehensibly, he missed Pickett's Charge! But unable to resist the adventure, he talked his way into the Union and decided (like any tourist) to visit Manhattan.
Yep, Fremantle blundered into the Draft Riot! He wandered around completely unmolested, getting more entries for his war diary, which made him an international best-selling author.
During his 3 months in the Confederacy and NYC, he was a combination of 'Zelig' and Chauncey Gardiner (Peter Sellers in 'Being There'). All the rebel politicians and generals assumed he was there as an unofficial (wink, wink) representative of the British Government.
No argument, but also: it's my understanding that Sec War Stanton stipulated that the four regiments from the AoP sent to NYC all had to have been raised in NEW YORK CITY.
That made sense, Copperheads would have been the first to claim it was an invasion force. (Plus, troops from NYC didn't need maps and all spoke the local dialects.)
It would also be fun to insert Ltc Arthur Fremantle into the production. The CW's most famous war tourist, he got a platinum ticket to see the PA Invasion. After catching a lift with Dorsey Pender he caught up with Lee just as Heth's division incited the battle. Incomprehensibly, he missed Pickett's Charge! But unable to resist the adventure, he talked his way into the Union and decided (like any tourist) to visit Manhattan.
Yep, Fremantle blundered into the Draft Riot! He wandered around completely unmolested, getting more entries for his war diary, which made him an international best-selling author.
During his 3 months in the Confederacy and NYC, he was a combination of 'Zelig' and Chauncey Gardiner (Peter Sellers in 'Being There'). All the rebel politicians and generals assumed he was there as an unofficial (wink, wink) representative of the British Government.