Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Civil War Veterans, Whatcom County
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Bellingham's Civil War Service
Author: Tom A. C. EllisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781941573310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book chronicles the history of the contributions of the Town of Bellingham in the Civil War. It describes the actions taken by the town as a municipality. It enlightens the reader as to the involvements of the Women and service of men of African descent for the Town of Bellingham, from 1861 to 1865. It contains a detailed biographical sketch of each soldier's service that was accredited to the Town of Bellingham. This sketch, with all information found, will include when and where he enlisted and his military history; when and where he was born; his parents' names, including his mother's maiden name; when and where he was married, including his wife's maiden name and their children's names; his date and cause of death, as well as his final resting place. It incorporates a brief description of the unit he served in. The reader is able to note his dates of service and compare that to the regimental history, and then will understand that soldier's involvement in the war. There is also a section of the book that describes the life of the soldier, when not in battle. It portrays the recruitment, camp life, conscription, commutation, desertions, executions, bounties paid and a host of other particulars of a soldier's life. It is also a great aid to those searching genealogy of those who served in the Civil War.
The Washington Historian
Author: Lest We Forget
Author: Sharon TarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
Proceedings ... Annual Encampment, Commandery in Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Author: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil WarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
How to Research Your Williams County Civil War Veteran
Author: Richard L. CooleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Washington Historical Quarterly
Author: The Perfect Scout
Author: George W. QuimbyPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817319719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A rare and dramatic first-person account by a Union scout who served General William Tecumseh Sherman on his “march to the sea” After his father-in-law passed away, Stephen Murphy found, among the voluminous papers left behind, an ancestral memoir. Murphy quickly became fascinated with the recollections of George W. Quimby (1842–1926), a Union soldier and scout for General William Tecumseh Sherman. Before Quimby became a part of Sherman’s March, he was held captive by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s troops in western Tennessee. He joined Sherman’s Army in Vicksburg, destroying railroads and bridges across Mississippi and Alabama on the way to Georgia. As the notorious march began, Quimby became a scout and no longer experienced war as his fellow soldiers did. Scouts moved ahead of the troops to anticipate opportunities and dangers. The rank and file were instructed to be seen and feared, while scouts were required to be invisible and stealthy. This memoir offers the rare perspective of a Union soldier who ventured into Confederate territory and sent intelligence to Sherman. Written around 1901 in the wake of the Spanish American War, Quimby’s memoir shows no desire to settle old scores. He’s a natural storyteller, keeping his audience’s attention with tales of drunken frolics and narrow escapes, providing a memoir that reads more like an adventure novel. He gives a new twist to the familiar stories of Sherman’s March, reminding readers that while the Union soldiers faced few full-scale battles, the campaign was still quite dangerous. More than a chronicle of day-to-day battles and marches, The Perfect Scout is more episodic and includes such additional elements as the story of how he met his wife and close encounters with the enemy. Offering a full picture of the war, Quimby writes not only about his adventures as one of Sherman’s scouts, but also about the suffering of the civilians caught in the war. He provides personal insight into some of the war’s historic events and paints a vivid picture of the devastation wreaked upon the South that includes destroyed crops and homes and a shattered economy. He also tells of the many acts of kindness he received from Southerners, including women and African Americans, who helped him and his fellow scouts by providing food, shelter, or information.
Sam Hill's Peace Arch
Author: Richard ClarkPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420851683
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Standing but a stone's throw from the continent's western shoreline, Samuel Hill, a Quaker devoted to peace and a road builder rolling in wealth, addressed 4,000 celebrants gathered at the United States-Canada border on the Fourth of July, 1915. There, they celebrated a century of international peace and the opening of the Pacific Highway, now known simply as the I-5. As the ceremony closed, one member of the crowd stood and proposed construction of an international arch of peace at the site whereon they stood. Hill agreed and acted upon the proposal. Six years later, on September 6, 1921, Samuel Hill stood before a crowd estimated at 10,000 or more, and dedicated the International Peace Arch to the cause of world peace. War satisfies neither the victors nor the vanquished, he said, opening his dedicatory address. Perfect peace alone satisfies. For more than 80 years, the Peace Arch has stood between freeway lanes where millions of travelers, heading south into Washington state or north into British Columbia, have seen it as a symbol of peace. resident of Blaine, Washington, whose home is but one block from Peace Arch State Park, completed an exhaustive manuscript after fifteen years of research. The Peace Arch, standing on beautiful international parkland, has also been enshrouded with myths and mysteries that Clark has uncovered in the course of his research. Peace Arch devotees, long forgotten, have been restored to remembrances they have long deserved. Vital facts, long lost, have been recovered and given merited recognition. The Peace Arch has been the setting of devotion and demonstrations, queens and quarrels, marriages and marching bands. But in its history, so notably marked by variation ranging from violence to indifference, peace has remained its ongoing theme.