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(Oneida, NY- April 2013) The small village of Clinton, home of Hamilton College, in the summer of 1862 rallied to the Union cause against the secessionist states with a vengeance, and war fever drove many a young man to volunteer to fight in what was and remains America\u2019s cruelest war. Local historian Bob Tegart will tell their stories at Oneida Public Library on Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. in an illustrated program based on his own research.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program is Clinton in the Civil War,\u201d Tegart said, \u201cand it will trace the impact of the war upon the Town of Kirkland and Village of Clinton, using letters written by local soldiers, newspaper articles of the period, photographs and notes of the Grand Army of the Republic. It will also trace the lives of the men who were called to service and the impact on them during and after the war.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tegart, currently president of the Clinton Historical Society, has done considerable research over the years in 19- and 20-century American and British military history. He has taught several courses at Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement and given many presentations locally on the U.S. Civil War, the Home Front in World War II, and Britain at war in 1939-40. He was a contributor to \u201cWith Courage and Honor: Oneida County in the Civil War,\u201d edited by James and Cheryl Pula.
\nThe program is free and open to the public. For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call 363-3050.<\/p>\n
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