Tag Archives: U.S. Civil War

The U.S. Civil War, fought between United States union forces and the Confederate States of America, raged from 1861-1865.

December 29, 2022

Dec 2022

Lincoln spares Frank R. Judd in 1864-65

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“He is the son of our present minister to Prussia, who is a close personal friend of Senator Trumbull and myself. We are not willing for the boy to be shot…”

December 16, 2022

Dec 2022

Lincoln’s Telegram after first day of Battle of Nashville

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“You made a magnificent beginning; a grand consummation is within your easy reach. Do not let it slip.”

May 29, 2021

May 2021

An 1895 Poem on Memorial Day and Piece by Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“They who were fathers and brothers once / Are peacefully resting here.”

June 5, 2020

Jun 2020

Irene Triplett, Last Civil War Pensioner, Dies

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On the June 2020 death of the last surviving U.S. Civil War pensioner.