Civil War SeattleJun 10, 20222 minCaptured by Forrest - Seattle's Clement Phelps of Company B 81st Illinois InfantryClement Phelps (1839-1914) Mount Pleasant Cemetery Seattle WA Pictured is the grave of Clement Phelps in Seattle's historic Mount...
Civil War SeattleMay 30, 20222 minSeattle's first Memorial Day - 1879In 1878, the nation's leading organization of Union veterans of the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic, was established for the...
Civil War SeattleMar 23, 20221 minThe Wandering Ghost of the Lost CauseA searing commentary on Jefferson Davis appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, June 1, 1893. This was part of a piece...
Civil War SeattleMar 17, 20227 minThe Parson and the Lieutenant, Henry Risley & William Rumsey - Battery A 1st IL Light ArtilleryThe Parson and the Lieutenant, Henry Risley and William Rumsey - Battery A 1st Illinois Light Artillery The story of a pair of Illinois...