Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Memorial Day honors our soldiers who died in battle. While we respect and remember all of our veterans, Memorial Day is set aside to specifically pay tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic proclaimed May 30, […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, near Kershaw, South Carolina Morgan’s 2nd Division reported they were camped two miles east of Little Lynches Creek after passing over Hanging Rock Creek, which are in Lancaster County, SC. As I’ve mentioned before, South Carolina hosted more Revolutionary War battles than any other state. Unfortunately, my exposure to that is […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, on Dean’s Swamp, outside Springfield, South Carolina Monday–Feb. 13th We were on the road again this morning at 7 Oclock, we marched across the river and went into camp with orders to fix up quarters for the day and at 12 Oclock we had orders to be ready to march at 1 […]
