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SUMMARY:AUTHOR TALK Washington County's 123rd Regiment and the Experiences of Sergeant William J. McCollum During the Civil War WITH CHARLES VAVRINA
DESCRIPTION:Join us\, June 6th at 6:30pm at the Hartford Baptist Church\, 56 Main Street (Co. Rte. 23)\, Hartford\, NY  for a talk with Charles Vavrina as he discusses Washington County’s 123rd regiment during the Civil War.\nDr. Vavrina is the author of “When This Cruel War is Over: The Civil War Letters and Diary of William J. McCollum\, Company F\, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry” which contains 94 letters spanning the years 1862 – 1865 as well as the 1865 diary of Sergeant McCollum.\nEnlisted into the 123rd in Argyle\, NY\, Sergeant McCollum’s letters describe not only his camp life and marching orders\, but also his concerns for his family back home on the farm with references to the fate of countless friends and acquaintances both at war and back in Washington County. After his service McCollum returned and resided in Salem\, NY outside of Shushan.\nThis Author Talk will be held at the Hartford Baptist Church\, 56 Main Street (Co. Rte. 23)\, Hartford\, NY at 6:30pm and is open to the public.\nDirectly across from the church is the 123rd Recruitment Center\, a part of the Hartford Museum\, which will be open before the program at 5pm. The center\, where hundreds of Washington County men signed up to fight in the Civil War\, now houses a fine collection of the memorabilia of the 123rd Regiment.
URL:https://wchs-ny.org/event/author-talk-washington-countys-123rd-regiment-and-the-experiences-of-sergeant-william-j-mccollum-during-the-civil-war-with-charles-vavrina/
LOCATION:Hartford Baptist Church\, 56 Main Street\, Hartford\, NY\, 12832\, United States
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SUMMARY:WCHS Local History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:June 9 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club\n\nWashington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from noon until 1 PM on Friday\, June 9\, at the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site\, 1000 Mount McGregor Road\, Gansevoort. Washington County Historical Society membership is not required for participation.\nThe discussion will focus on the last weeks of President Grant’s life\, spent at Mount McGregor writing his two-volume memoirs. Grant’s Final Victory\, by Charles Flood\, is the recommended book. Alternative reading would be any biography of President Grant.\nThe book discussion will be held under a tent\, after which attendees may tour the Visitor Center exhibits\, view the interpretive panels\, and walk the nature path that dying President Grant walked with his wife. Grant’s Cottage is undergoing renovations and will not be available for an inside tour.\nNext Month:\nThe group meets on the second Friday of the month at noon\, usually at the Historical Society\, 167 Broadway in Fort Edward. The July meeting will focus on Townsend Harris’s role in American trade with Japan. Harris was born and educated in Sandy Hill.\nFuture sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors. Proposed topics include one-room schoolhouse education\, Andrew Carnegie’s role in the creation of Mountainside Library\, and apple-growing in Washington County. For additional information\, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.
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LOCATION:ULYSSES S. GRANT COTTAGE  STATE HISTORIC SITE & NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK\, 1000 Mt McGregor Rd\, Gansevoort\, New York\, 12831\, United States
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