Published: 2/12/12Happy 203rd Birthday Abraham LincolnBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln – Image Credit: “President elect, Abraham Lincoln Portrait...
Published: 2/12/12Voice from the Past: “Great Victories…At Such a Price of Blood”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Good morning! Our Fort Donelson sesquicentennial series continues with this excerpt from Lucy Larcom’s February, 1862 diary: There is news to-day of great victories in progress for us. Fort Donelson...
Published: 2/11/12The Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Fort DonelsonBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Today marks the beginning of the Battle of Fort Donelson’s sesquicentennial—February 11-16, 1862. After capturing Fort Henry on February 6th, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant advanced towards Fort Donelson. Five...
Published: 2/11/12Voice from the Past: “Such Astounding Events”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Our Fort Donelson sesquicentennial series begins with the following entry from John Beauchamp Jones’ February, 1862 diary: Such astounding events have occurred since the 8th instant, such an excitement has...
Published: 2/9/12Black Soldiers and Lady LibertyBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Our Black History Month celebration continues with this 1865 drawing of a wounded Union soldier by Thomas Nast. “Franchise. And not this man?” despite his service and sacrifice. Image Credit:...
Published: 2/8/12Roanoke Island…150 Years AgoBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Roanoke Island showing the position of Confederate Batteries Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, March 1, 1862.
Published: 2/7/12Camp Life for African American RegimentsBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line “Army of the Potomac—Scene in camp of Negro regiments—Method of punishment of Negro soldiers for various offences.” Image Credit: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 10, 1864.
Published: 2/7/12Voice from the Past: “The Right to Citizenship”By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line “Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in...
Published: 2/7/12The Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Roanoke IslandBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line February 7th and 8th mark the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Roanoke Island. A lesser known battle, Roanoke Island was part of Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition...
Published: 2/6/12Honoring the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry BandBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Our Black History Month Celebration continues… 107th U.S. Colored Infantry Band at Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia, November 1865. Freed blacks served in various capacities in the Union army, including...