The Civil War thus far, to a significant degree, is the story of young men far from home missed by loved ones who are nonetheless proud of their men’s bravery and intrigued of news from strange lands. Like a knight in shining armor who answered the call to save his loved one from a dastardly…
Today the Milledgeville (GA) Southern Recorder offers an analysis of the war and reports on the recent Confederate national day of fasting: The present stillness denotes an approaching commotion in the war elements, which is soon to shake the country. Preparations on a large scale have been made by both parties for the conflict, and…
Today Uriah King, a Baptist, Illinoisan, and the son of southern-born parents and grandparents, enlists in Company E, Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry. Few soldiers experience as much time inside Confederate prison camps as does King: Uriah King obtained a common school education and was reared to farm life. He has seen the county develop from a…