Emancipation along the North Carolina coast began over a year ago when Union General Ambrose Burnside landed on Roanoke Island in February 1862. Soon, much of the coastal mainland was under United States control, and New Bern became Union headquarters for the region. From the landing of Ambrose to the present, African slaves have, in…
William Taylor of Pennsylvania, born April 8, 1826 and now in Company G of the 100th Pennsylvania Regiment, is soon to be promoted to Sergeant (April 15, 1863), eventually earning the rank of Captain (October 4, 1864). His service in the United States army during the war takes him to Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee,…
Defeated and humiliated at the Battle of Fredericksburg last month, Union General Ambrose Burnside now seeks revenge. Today he begins a military march that becomes known as the “Mud March.” In Jan. 1863, after the Federal defeat at the First Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec., Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside sought to restore the…