A Maryland Spy’s Death in the Civil War Memoir
A Confederate officer from Maryland infiltrates Union lines as a spy and double agent. Captured while serving the Confederacy, he is condemned as a deserter by Union authorities but ultimately faces execution by firing squad after his true allegiance and wartime exploits are revealed.
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Davis
Ile
Maryland
An Old Battlefield by Frank L. Stanton
Poem recalling a fields of past battles with scent of roses and wind in corn. It contemplates faded echoes of war and unmarked graves, ending with melancholy reflections on absent loved ones and returning feet.
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Frank L. Stanton
Memorial Day Remembrance of Civil War Veterans
A memorial poem honors the last survivors of the Civil War who gathered to honor a fallen comrade. It recalls their hair thinning, age worn features, and memories of 1863 as they march on toward rest beyond the river, urging recognition before the final veterans pass.
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Gettysburg
Battle Hymn's Birth and the Writing of a War Song
Julia Ward Howe recounts composing the Battle Hymn of the Republic during the Civil War. While visiting Washington with her husband and Rev. James Wreeman Clarke, she was inspired after a troops review and woke at four o clock to jot the lyrics, finishing them near dawn. The tale, told to Saturday Evening Post.
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Julia Ward Howe
Washington
James Wreeman Clarke
John Brown
John Brown's Body’ Dr. Clarke
Saturday Evening Post
Silent May 30 Dedication to Civil War Heroes
A growing national custom observes five minutes at noon on May 30 to honor fallen Civil War soldiers veterans public officials and citizens who helped keep the country united with a moment of memory and reflection.
First Northern Memorial Day Observances
The first memorial day in the north occurred in 1806 at Waterloo New York when General Murray led veterans to decorate graves. In 1867 TC Campbell of Cincinnati organized post marches to lay wreaths, and in 1868 following General Logan's call there was a general observance where Union soldiers were buried.
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Murray
TC. Campbell
Cincinnati
Logan
War era list of Union and Confederate governors
The article lists governors by state during the Civil War era, naming both Northern and Southern incumbents and noting border state governors. It includes Illinois Richard Yates and Richard J. Oglesby, Ohio William Dennison etc, and Confederate leaders like Alabama Andrew B. Moore and Florida Madison Perry, plus border states Kentucky Beriah Magoffin and Maryland Thomas H. Hicks.
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California
John G. Downey
Leland Stanford
Frederick F. Low
Connecticut
William A. Buckingham
Delaware
William Burton
William Cannon
Ilinois
Richard Yates
Richard J. Oglesby
Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Town
Samuel J. Kirkwood
William M. Stone
Kansas
Charles Robinson
Thomas Carney
Maine
Israel Washburn, Jr
Abner Coburn
Samuel Cony
Massachusetts
John A. Andrew
Michigan
Austin Blair
Henry H. Crapp
Minnesota
Alexander Ramsey
Stephen Miller
Nevada
Henry G. Blasdell
New Hampshire
Ichabod Goodwin
Nathaniel
Berry
Joseph A. Gilmore
New Jersey
Charles S. Olden
Joel Parker
New York
Edwin D. Morgan
Horatio Seymour
Reuben E. Fenton
Ohio
William Dennison
David Tod
John Brough
Oregon
John Whittaker
Kentucky
Berlah Magoffin
James Pf, Robinson
Thomas I. Bramlette
Maryland
Thomas H. Hicks
A. W. Bradford
Missouri
Union
VU. RR. Gamble
T. C. Pletcher
Rhode Island Soldier Truces With Confederate Opponent
A Rhode Island Civil War picket near Yorktown U S A declared a truce with a Confederate soldier. When asked his regiment the Yankee replied One Hundred and Fifth Rhode Island. The Confederate answered Seventeenth Georgia and rode off.
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Rhode Island
Yorktown
Georgia
General Smiths Threat
Extra Billy Smith, a Confederate general, was furious during a grueling march. After a long halt he warned his troops he would march the regiment off without them if they did not rise quickly.
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Billy’ Smith
Honor Women Nurses of the Civil War Remembered
Memorial Day tribute extols women nurses who served near armies and in field hospitals across the war. They faced wounds and chaos, endured hardship, and operated under male authority, earning lasting reverence as heroines.
Chickamauga Name Meaning Waterway of Death
The word Chickamauga is of Indian origin and a Cherokee name meaning the river of death. The stream earned its name from a village flood following a cloudburst that caused accidental drownings.
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Chickamauga
Old Vet Tribute Reflections From Charles N. Lurie
In verse a veteran speaker recalls a war and its scars. He notes men who bore the brunt, lost brothers and limbs, while over time both sides learned to call each other Old Vet. The poem emphasizes shared sacrifice and reconciliation.
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Yank
Johnny Red
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