The National- England
FOR CHRISTINE BECAUSE APPARENTLY SHE’S SAD.
on the bird in the cage ||| Have Heart
There’s a feeling inside me that somethings leaving.
Like someone stealing salt from sea.
Left me sinking and left me thinking
how to keep you caged with me
Because I fucking need you like air I fucking breathe
Colorized photo of Joshua L. Chamberlain.
Boys In Blue: 1st Lt. Michael F Swartzcope, 31st Illinois Infantry, Company A
Michael F. Swartzcope of Illinois stood six-foot-five and a half and at 41 years of age he mustered into the 31st Illinois Infantry as a Private. Census records tell us that Michael worked as both a cooper and a surveyor before the war began. Over six foot tall and a surveyor…sound familiar? By the end of the war, Michael was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Michael’s Lincolnesque life continued after the war; Lincoln was a lawyer, and Swartzcope followed a law career as well, serving as a judge in Jackson County, IL from 1865 to 1869. Judge Swartzcope passed away on March 22, 1901 at the age of 80 at the Home for Disabled Veterans in Danville, IL.
©2012 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
A group of volunteers pose in Richmond, Va., shortly before the Battle of First Bull Run (a.k.a. Manassas) in July 1861.
