No Pollution of Cowardice! -South Jersey in the Civil War

In a piece published in The West Jersey Pioneer on June 2nd of 1862 and the wounding and death of Heislerville resident, Charles J. Silver. Silver would be among among one of the first to be wounded in his company during the fighting at Williamsburg on May 5th, 1862. The author, marked only as "A" would give description of Silvers experience of being robbed and beaten by a roving band of angry Con...

A letter from Edgar Wilkinson to his sister published in The West Jersey Pioneer, was written just 24 hours before Wilkinson, the 6th New Jersey and the 2nd New Jersey would contest in their most costly battle of the entire war.

Charles Ogden, of Cumberland County serving in the 17th Illinois recounts his experience at the Battle of Shiloh, April 6th & 7th 1862. Ogdens account has not been available to the public since it was printed in a Bridgeton newspaper 160 years ago

Charles Ogden of the 17th Illinois, recounts the Battle of Shiloh in this April 11th account, published in a South Jersey paper on April 24th 1862. This account has not been available to the public since it was first published 160 years ago, and this existing copy resides in the collection of The Lawrence Township Historical Society.

a letter written at Falmouth, Virgina shortly after the Irish Brigades infamous St. Patricks Day party of 1863. the Author is only know as D.B.H.

A poem taken from a South Jersey newspaper, airing the feelings of toward southern sympathizer living up north during the War.

Charles Ogden of Cedarville New Jersey, writes home about his experience during the Batlle of Fort Donelson including a Valentines Day refrence..

In this episode, I read a letter home from men in Company H, 7th New Jersey Volunteers in which they describe the contents of a box receive from home.

The reading of an article about Joseph R. Thompson, a member of Company K of the 3rd New Jersey Volunteers " The Cumberland Greys". The original article is housed in the Lawrence Township Historical Society, and the Photo of Thompson is the cover art for this episode can be found in the book, Historic Days of Cumberland County printed in the 1880s is also digitized on Archive.org

In the first ever episode, I talk about William Scatergood Ackley, a man who served through the ranks of the 4th New Jersey company K and grew up almost right where I did in Pittsgrove, New Jersey. His parents are buried less then a half mile from the house i grew up in, so is almost a given to be the first. I hope you enjoy!

For this, the very first installment of "No Pollution of Cowardice -South Jersey in The Civil War"; I'll be reading the very short newspaper clipping printed shortly after the Battle of Fredericksburg in December of 1862 that carries the namesake of this Podcast.