We Are Coming Father Abraham and Our Banner Flows
A Civil War era letter details massed freemen marching from Kentucky to join Union forces, describing twenty thousand in view and thirty thousand more behind. It notes Confederate threats, bravery of leaders Wallace and Burnside, and the hardships faced by troops marching toward Louisville, with praise for Kentucky Union supporters and a hospital quiet on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Abraham
Ohio
Ricolseihe-plad
Battle Grounds
Harrison
St. Clair
Abraham
Tecumach
Etruhy
Utar
Rf Vee
Marching to Lebanon and Camps at Lenaway Ky in 1862
Soldier at Lenaway Ky reports the 68th Regiment’s August campaign marches from Louisville to Bardstown to Lebanon, covering 27 miles in a day and a half. He describes dusty roads, extreme heat, scarce water, and few stragglers arriving at camp. He notes at least a core force and missing daily papers, citing Pope, Nelson, and Stonewall Jackson in Virginia. He mentions enemy sentiment seen on the road and the war drawing closer to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardstown
Greensburg
Indianapolis
Louisville
Main Street
Terra Sacra
Kentucky
Col. Shaw
Wooden
Edward A. King
Shaw
King
Will Frazier
W.J. Price
Stephen Burlingame
Arvah D. Wilson
Louwisville
Wilmington
Lenaway
Lebanon
Pope
Virginia
Nelson
Cumberland
Gap
Stonewall Jackson
Louisville “Journal of
Lexington
Jovington
Prue
Goldier
How to Prepare and Plant Cuttings for Garden fruit
Instructions detail how to cut currant, gooseberry, grape and quince cuttings after wood ripens, eight inches long with a bud at bottom for roots. Currants need minimal bud bottom, bundles tied with willow, stored cool, then planted in rich soil ten inches apart in rows three and a half feet apart.
W. S. Holman Responds to Indiana Editor Over Civil War Record
In a letter to the Indiana Weekly Visitor, Representative W. S. Holman defends his Civil War votes and stance, arguing he supported the Union, opposed confiscation measures, and backed funding for the war while urging economy in civil expenditures. He criticizes misstatements about his record and asserts loyalty to the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana ‘Weekly Visitor
Congress
Union
Franklin County
John M. Johnson
Morris
Holman
National Defender
Brookville
United States
House of Representatives
Treasury
Senate
House
Morton
Pea Ridge
Imad
Ain
Browing
Illinois
Judge Thomas
W. S. Holman
Visit to the Negro Quarters at Bolivar Fortifications
Reporter with Capt. Ryan visits enslaved workers near the fortifications in Bolivar Tennessee on Aug 21. They watch a nightly slave dance circle and then observe morning meals, roll calls, and labor groups led by a negro captain. Many workers are drafted or escaped. some intend liberty but fear loss of masters.
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Schiele
St. Louis
Mary Shepherd
Bolivar
Tenn
Ryan
Rogs
Teagan
Fune
Sally
Dinah
Chloe
Jane
Mr. Bones
Banjo
Old Methodist
New Orleans
Mary Jane
Darling
Sam No
Sam
Triega
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Hoosiers
Rich Mountain
Carrick
Donelson
Shiloh
Jeff. Davis
Jans Tanebe
Mill 2Ab
Malvern Ti
Baton Rouge
Slauzh‘ter Mountain
Jest
Brudder Jake
Gastelli
Cvade
Doxey
Prigst
Chigago
68Th’ Regiment
Springfield
Co. Ki
Dumont
Washington
Pennsytewania
Ttis
Partington
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