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From a Former Prisoner to Another: Brigadier General William Stephen Walker and the Roots of Reconciliation

Posted on December 14, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick A wonderful example of the kind of empathy that helped to make reconciliation possible was the capture of Brigadier General William Stephen Walker in 1864. Walker was born … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Primary Sources | Tagged 142nd New York Infantry, 17th South Carolina Infantry, 18th South Carolina Infantry, 22nd South Carolina Infantry, 23rd South Carolina Infantry, 26th South Carolina Infantry, 39th Illinois Infantry, 67th Ohio Infantry, 6th Connecticut Infantry, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry, Benjamin Butler, Bermuda Hundred, Jefferson Davis, John J. Craven, Lucy Holcombe Legion, Quincy Gilmore, Sean Michael Chick, Thomas Clingman, William Stephen Walker | 3 Comments
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