To search this site, click here . Whose Pen was as Mighty as His Sword Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., officer of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry and later associate justice of the Supreme Court penned a passionate and unforgettable Memorial Day address that he delivered to members of the Grand Army of the Republic at New Hampshire in 1884. Holmes's Memorial Day address is published here in its entirety, thanks to historian Brian Pohanka who contributed this text. Mr. Pohanka also has identified the soldiers referenced in this work. The Life Story of Henry Lee Higginson continues with Part II, The Civil War Years .
Henry learns about life as an infantryman and cavalryman, as well as the glory and tragedies of war.
The Latest from Texas Ranger Dutch Hoffmann Dutch Hoffmann has just sent me a letter from the field telling of his misadventures just outside of Tennessee. Company I, whose birthday is on May 16th. Subsequent to the war, the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient became active in veterans's organizations and delivered a Memorial Day address in his hometown of Boonton, New Jersey on May 31, 1920. On this new page you can find Hopkins's speech along with a picture of the New Jersey soldiers' monument at Andersonville National Historic Site. The latter also includes new excerpts from various other speeches by Chamberlain.