Young men on horseback rode through Reedsburg shouting, "War has begun. Troops have attacked Ft. Sumter." The date was April 12, 1861. At once in the livery stables and barber shops, across line fences, the farmers and shop keepers could talk of nothing else. None of them — Irish, German, English, Canadian, Scotch — had slavery in their upbringings. "Slavery is wrong", had been the teaching in their homes. '"Slave people should not be owned and worked like oxen and horses.
Feb. 17, 1916 (Editor’s note—This office has received a paper of the Periscope published at Clarksburg, West Virginia, February 6, 1916, which contains an article by Capt. George E. Albee of Laurel, Maryland.The leading character mentioned in the article is the Col. A.G. Malloy who went to the civil War from Baraboo and who died a few years ago in California.The article is entitled “Irish regiment” and will be found below.)
Feb. 17, 1916 (Editor’s note—This office has received a paper of the Periscope published at Clarksburg, West Virginia, February 6, 1916, which contains an article by Capt. George E. Albee of Laurel, Maryland.The leading character mentioned in the article is the Col. A.G. Malloy who went to the civil War from Baraboo and who died a few years ago in California.The article is entitled “Irish regiment” and will be found below.)
