February 8, 1861 (Friday)

Furious Wind and Snow Storm in the Northeast

Several news items of interest today:

Movies about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War start rolling out this spring and will continue in the years ahead as we move through the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  A movie coming out this spring directed by Robert Redford entitled "The Conspirator" on April 15, the anniversary of the assassination of  Abraham Lincoln.  The movie is about Mary Surratt who was executed for plotting the crime.  Other movies on the way in the future can be found at this site.       

The trailer to "The Conspirator."


A rough draft of the Confederate Constitution is finished today in Montgomery, Alabama.  There are several notable differences in the constitution from the United States Constitution. 

I leave you with four links to explore these developments. 

Two are from the Civil War Daily Gazette #1: 

                       and Civil War Daily Gazette #2: 

       another link is from The American Civil War,

             and the last is from an article in the New York Times--Disunion today. 


Furious wind storm hits the Northeast with lots of damage: 

Furious Wind Storm:

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·         THE STORM AT BUFFALO.

·         THE STORM AT OSWEGO.

·         THE STORM AT ROCHESTER.

·         THE STORM AT TORONTO

·         THE STORM IN ALBANY.

·         THE STORM IN BALTIMORE

·         THE STORM IN PHILADELPHIA.