Tag Archives: Union enlistments

“I Objected”: A Black Mother Takes a Stand Against Coerced Enlistment

Posted on August 15, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

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 →

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Christmas 1863: “So Good-bye Homesicknesses”

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

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 →

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ECW Weekender: William McKinley

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Daniel Welch

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.

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