Tag: Civil war
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Family Civil War Letter 150 Years Later
My 2nd Great Grandfather was William Cotton Holmes (1837-1932). He signed up with Union forces in 1862 and served until the end of the war in 1865. Late in 1862, he was stationed in Washington, DC, where he remained for the rest of the war. His brother Horace Holmes (1840-1864) (pictured) also served in the…
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Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Proclamation Declaring Thanksgiving a National Holiday
October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States A Proclamation The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been…