Life in a time of crisis
Away! Away to the maple grove! Come hither my boys and girls, thither let us rove. "The Sugar-Camp" by Harry in Merry's Museum 1862 p. 80 Isaac Hurlburt lived not too very far down the same road I live on today. His farming round was also much like our own, except we only raised sheep... Continue Reading →
Harvest festivals and meals of thanksgiving were common in the early American colonies. But the official Thanksgiving dates to 1863. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Ladies Book believed that having a common national holiday would help unified the country. For seventeen years, she petitioned presidents to establish the holiday Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln... Continue Reading →
In my last post I referred to the diary of Lucy James Stoughton of Castle Creek. I came across another local diary in my files. This one by a boy of about the same age as Lucy. Diary of a Binghamton Boy of the 1860s was edited and explained by Marjory Barnun Hinman and published in... Continue Reading →
American Civil War Voices 