In 1898 the local government in Wilmington, N.C. was deposed and run out of town and a bunch of folks got murdered. I never heard of this event until I was 30, even though I grew up in Goldsboro, about 75 miles from Wilmington. Why did this event take place? Why did I not learn...
Tunnell was taken on board the Wilmington with both legs blown off, and fearfully mutilated. Turning to those about him he asked, “Did we win in the fight boys?” The reply was, “Yes.” He said, “Then I die happy.” While others fell at the post of duty it may be said of ...
44 Lincoln the Commander, American Legion Memorial Day Address, Rye, NY, May 26, 1997. 45 The Union Image (with Mark E. Neely, Jr.), Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College, June 30, 1997. 46 The Image of Jefferson Davis as Commander-in-Chief, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College,...