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The Civil War in 1862

May 29, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Hunterdon, Locktown, Warford Tags: Civil War

as seen through Benjamin H. Ellicott’s eyes

This post provides transcriptions of Benjamin H. Ellicott’s notes on the Civil War from March to December 1862. (I have kept Ellicott’s spelling, and inserted questions marks for words I can’t read.) For most of this time, Ellicott and his family were living in Locktown, New Jersey. Baltimore was their home, but they left it in 1861 after the attack on Fort Sumter. The family returned to Baltimore on September 24, 1862, and remained there until 1863, when they resettled in Hunterdon County.

Ellicott’s Diary, Local News

May 22, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Hunterdon, Locktown, Warford Tags: churches, Civil War, Ellicott's Diary, flora and fauna, old ways, politics

Recently I wrote about the diary of Benjamin H. Ellicott, a Baltimore man who married into a Hunterdon family, and traveled with his family from Baltimore to Flemington in 1861.¹

“Copperheadism” in Locktown

May 15, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Carrell, Delaware Twp, Heath, Kugler, Locktown Tags: churches, Civil War

During the Civil War, Republicans called Democrats who opposed the war “Copperheads,” likening them to poisonous snakes. Many of these “Copperheads” could be found in Northern States like New Jersey, and in Hunterdon County.