I’m Beglan O’Brien, independent newspaper correspondent. The National Park Service sponsors my reports on the events of this terrible and growing conflict.
My name is Beglan O’Brien and I am an independent newspaper correspondent, reporting on the momentous events of this terrible, and growing, coflict. But a bit about me. I am the son of Daniel Patrick O’Brien and Mary Frances McCarthy. That my father married a McCarthy is hardly surprising as Cork is full of them and that is where I was born, specifically, in the village of Dunmanway up the river B
03/18/2015
Mar 17, 1865 - The Confederates briefly slow Sherman north of Fayetteville, but are unable to muster enough troops to hold the field.
Battle Summary: Averasborough, NC - March 15, 1865 Averasborough Civil War battle summary
03/15/2015
Mar 15, 1865 - President Lincoln met this afternoon with Robert Hendershot, hero of the battle of Fredericksburg and lately featured in Mr. Barnum's museum.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7. Please see the gallant Drummer-boy, Robert H. Hendershot, whose history is briefly written on the fine drum presented him which he now carries. He must have a chance, and if you can find any situation suitable to him, I shall be obliged. Yours truly
03/13/2015
Mar 12, 1865 - Sherman's army, now in North Carolina, has occupied Fayetteville. Can the fall of Richmond be far off?
03/04/2015
Mar 4, 1865 - President Lincoln is duly sworn for his second term. In his address, he spoke of the desire to "finish the work we are in." Let us hope that work is finished soon.
Lincoln's Second Inauguration - Lincoln Memorial On March 4, 1865, only 41 days before his assassination, President Abraham Lincoln took his second oath of office.
Mar 1, 1865 - There is no resistance to Sherman's advance, although it is rumored what is left of the Army of Tennessee is moving east.
02/26/2015
Feb 25, 1865 - Tennessee has become the first of the seceded states to abolish slavery. The political tide turns along with the miliitary. http://bit.ly/1A8I30q
Civil War Emancipation remembering freedom for the slaves ...
Feb 18, 1865 - Sherman's army has entered Columbia, amid fires that have engulfed the city. Is Charleston, just 100 miles away, next?
General Sherman's March on Columbia, South Carolina "The truth is, the whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina."
02/18/2015
Feb 17, 1865 - Last week, preacher Henry Highland Garnet of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, became the first man of African descent to speak in the House of Representatives chamber.
The First African American to Speak in the House Chamber | US House of Representatives: History,... On this date, Preacher Henry Highland Garnet became the first African American to speak in the House Chamber when he addressed a crowd of worshippers. A common practice for the period, the House Chamber was often used by large groups in the Capitol Hill area when the House was not in session. House…
Feb 12, 1865 - As President Lincoln celebrates his 56th birthday, 13 states have so far ratified the 13th amendment - nearly half way to the required 27.
Feb 10, 1865 - Martin Robison Daley has been promoted to major of the 102nd United States Colored Troops, the highest ranking colored officer in the Union army. bit.ly/1zubDxc
Feb 9, 1865 - Reports of skirmishing around the Petersburg lines. Is this sign of an earlier start to the spring campaign than normal?
Battle of Hatcher's Run - Petersburg National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
02/05/2015
Feb 5, 1865 - Rumors of peace or an armistice were just that; apparently the only item agreed on at the Hampton Roads Conference was that the war will continue.
New York Times, February 5, 1865 - THE REBELLION. President LINCOLN and Secretary SEWARD returned yesterday morning to Washington, from Fortress Monroe. They had an informal conference, occupying several hours, with Mr. STEPHENS and his associates, on board the River Queen, in Hampton Roads. The conference is said to have resulted in no change of a…