This memoir has been reproduced in its entirety from a hand-written account of the speech which is preserved by the JCHA. Mrs. Donaldson (obituary link) was 81 at the time she gave the speech in…continue reading
In terms of causalities, the War of the Rebellion was the most costly war, in lives, in American history. The Union Army, with 2.893 million troops, suffered over 359,000 deaths. The Confederacy, with 1.4 million troops,…continue reading
We all know the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. But how many of us were taught the ending of the story? Who killed Booth? Thomas B “Boston” Corbett is the soldier who…continue reading
