2009 Calandar with a Camp Thomas motif. Camp Thomas was a Spanish-American War traning camp near Chattanooga, TN in northwest Georgia. The location is now Camp Chickamauga.
Camp Chickamauga was called Camp Thomas during the Spanish American War. This calendar features various photographs from this time period where the U.S. Military trained soldiers. Also the dates of various events during training and the war are featured. Please enjoy.
You have heard of the Montgomery Boycott, the bombing in Birmingham, the sit ins at Greensboro, North Carolina, the students in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Era. This is the story of the integration of the school systems in Prince William County, Virginia.
It is the story of the Russell Family — Reverend James P. Russell, President of the NAACP, who selected his daughter Joyce to integrate Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, her sister Deborah and brother Cameron to integrate Occoquan Elementary School, and brother Jimmy to integrate Fred Lynn Middle School.
It tells of the danger of their house being shot up on a hot July night, and how Bobby Kennedy sent the Federal Marshals the next morning to get Joyce out of the area. It describes the true feelings of fear, courage, and endurance as well as ostracism and harassment that led to a phone call from A. Philip Randolph encouraging Joyce to stay in school at her lowest moment.
Written by E. Raymond Evans, this book is the well documented account of the African American Buffalo Solders that fought in a significant part of the Spanish American War efforts.
Written by Ray Evans, this small book deale with the battle of Lee and Gordon’s Mills. This Civil War battle preceded the better known Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863.
The small book deals with the battle of Fort McCook in Marion County, Tennessee that led up the Confederate invasion of Kentucky and the well known Battle of Perryville in 1862. Written by E. Raymond Evans.
This is the small book dealing with the battle of Glass’s Mill which led up to the better known Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. Written by E. Raymond Evans.
Then, there is the tragic account of the death of his young son Willey, a boy who was unable to adjust to the heat and unsanitary conditions of Mississippi and Memphis.Shortly after this personal loss, General Sherman was ordered east to deal with the problems at Chattanooga.The rest of the book is his account of how this was accomplished, and the subsequent mission to the relief of General Burnside at Knoxville.
The photographs used to illustrate this volume were taken by myself, my photographer Bruce Wilkey, and various period photographers. In fact many of the photos were taken by General Sherman's Photographer and this is the first account with both the pictures and the text in the same volume.
This brief account of some of the historic African American places in the Chattanooga area was made possible through the earlier work of numerous researchers and the assistance of many individuals, and I would like to take this time to acknowledge their help and express my thanks for all that they did.
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