From the Center for Civil War Research website.
"Almost immediately after the end of the Civil War, veterans sought out occasions to gather together, to relive their shared experiences, find solace in their battle forged bonds, to celebrate heroic deeds, and commemorate the sacrifices of their fallen comrades.
These reunions...came eventually to serve as a symbol of a wider national reunion remaining purely separate former Union or Confederate affairs...attended by hundreds and thousands, reunions of all kinds evolved powerful sentiment and became fertile ground for the construction of Civil War Memory."
--Old Secesh
Showing posts with label Reunion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reunion. Show all posts
Friday, January 24, 2014
The Mother of Confederate Reunions-- Part 1
From the Jan. 13, 2014, Douglasville (Ga.) Patch "Our History: The Mother of Confederate Reunions" posted by Lisa Cooper.
A really great video accompanies the article showing the old soldiers from both sides at reunions. You can also see it at http://youtube/Gel.GasX8FHK from the dovumentary "Echoes of the Blue & Gray." Sure are a lot of goatees on those old veterans. Must have been the style back then.
Lisa Cooper is a teacher and shows the reunion videos to her classes and "invariably one or two of my little sweethearts would wonder how in the world those old men could fight a war."
Another thing those kids wouldn't know was how many of those "old men" were still fathering children into their 60s-80s. But, that is another story.
--Old Secesh
A really great video accompanies the article showing the old soldiers from both sides at reunions. You can also see it at http://youtube/Gel.GasX8FHK from the dovumentary "Echoes of the Blue & Gray." Sure are a lot of goatees on those old veterans. Must have been the style back then.
Lisa Cooper is a teacher and shows the reunion videos to her classes and "invariably one or two of my little sweethearts would wonder how in the world those old men could fight a war."
Another thing those kids wouldn't know was how many of those "old men" were still fathering children into their 60s-80s. But, that is another story.
--Old Secesh
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Looking Back to Wilmington, NC, in 1911
From the Jan. 3, 2012, Wilmington Star-News Looking Back Column.
Events from 1911.
The Civil War was still a big topic of conversation in the pages of the Wilmington papers.
During 1911:
** A statue of Confederate General Attorney and Wilmington resident George Davis put up on Third and Market streets.
** Efforts were being made to turn Fort Fisher into a state or national battlefield. This was coming from both Union and Confederate veterans.
** A huge reunion was held in Wilmington by both sides who fought at Fort Fisher.
These were some of the topics covered in the column from last year, when it went back to the stuff happening one hundred years ago.
Of interest, today's Wilmington Star-News dates back to the first issue of the Wilmington Evening Star on September 23, 1867.
Long Times Ago. --Old B-Runner
Events from 1911.
The Civil War was still a big topic of conversation in the pages of the Wilmington papers.
During 1911:
** A statue of Confederate General Attorney and Wilmington resident George Davis put up on Third and Market streets.
** Efforts were being made to turn Fort Fisher into a state or national battlefield. This was coming from both Union and Confederate veterans.
** A huge reunion was held in Wilmington by both sides who fought at Fort Fisher.
These were some of the topics covered in the column from last year, when it went back to the stuff happening one hundred years ago.
Of interest, today's Wilmington Star-News dates back to the first issue of the Wilmington Evening Star on September 23, 1867.
Long Times Ago. --Old B-Runner
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