Comments on: Considering Union Civil War veterans http://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/considering-union-civil-war-veterans/ The Blog Between the States. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:31:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chrislombardi http://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/considering-union-civil-war-veterans/#comment-414 chrislombardi Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:53:17 +0000 http://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-414 Last month, I was spending some time in the Library of Congress, looking at materials relating to one African-American Union Army veteran, Sgt. Major Lewis H. Douglass (son of Frederick). He took his exclusion from initial G.A.R. meetings extremely personally, as well he should have. It amazes me that any USCT veteran would show the fortitude and grace that so many eventually did. Thanks for all the hard work. Last month, I was spending some time in the Library of Congress, looking at materials relating to one African-American Union Army veteran, Sgt. Major Lewis H. Douglass (son of Frederick). He took his exclusion from initial G.A.R. meetings extremely personally, as well he should have. It amazes me that any USCT veteran would show the fortitude and grace that so many eventually did.

Thanks for all the hard work.

]]> By: Your Union veteran « http://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/considering-union-civil-war-veterans/#comment-394 Your Union veteran « Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:09:13 +0000 http://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-394 [...] 29 July 2008 by Ruth Stephens Daniel Sauerwein of Civil War History has written a very interesting post about the life of the typical Union soldier after the Civil [...] [...] 29 July 2008 by Ruth Stephens Daniel Sauerwein of Civil War History has written a very interesting post about the life of the typical Union soldier after the Civil [...]

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