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Tag Archives: Union enlistments
“I Objected”: A Black Mother Takes a Stand Against Coerced Enlistment
ECW welcomes guest author Brendan Hamilton “You never told me that you was going to enlist my son, either in the army or navy. When I met you, you said you had thought of doing it, and I objected to … Continue reading
Christmas 1863: “So Good-bye Homesicknesses”
This week I looked at some excerpts from Elisha Hunt Rhodes’s Civil War journal and found some interesting happenings in this Union soldier’s Christmas 155 years ago. Winter quarters, re-enlistment, patriotism, and Christmas made their way into his writings at … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Holidays, Primary Sources
Tagged Civil War Christmas, diary, Elisha Hunt Rhodes, primary source, Union enlistments
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ECW Weekender: William McKinley
As President’s Day weekend is upon us, it would be altogether fitting and proper to have an ECW Weekender post related to the holiday.