Greeley, Horace. The American Conflict: A History of The Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65.
Vol.1. National Tribune, 1898.
Photo of William H. Lawrence
Color Sergent CoE 5th Mass Regt
First Warwick man to enlist and first killed at Bull Run 1861
Buried Arlington National Cemetery
Frame of picture made from oak obtained from Bull Run Battlefield by brother Arthur Lawrence. Brother Charles served four years. A prisoner of Andersonville.
Photo of John Bowman
Born in Warwick in 1822, served in the Confederate army, became a successful inventor (including the Doughlass pump, a locomotive spark arrester and a knitting machine), died in Lexington in 1882
Transcripts of Civil War letters (1862-1863) written by John Caldwell, Jr. son of John Caldwell and Susan Ann Grace, stepson of Barnard Fisher. John Caldwell Jr. died August 25, 1863 of disease, age 20 at Ft. Schuyler, NY and is buried in the Warwick Cemetery.
Civil War bayonet dug up in garden of Charles A. Morse
(temporarily on exhibit in room 1a, glass-topped display cabinet)
Framed last letter written by William Lawrence before he was killed carrying the colors of the 5th Mass Regiment at the first Battle of Bull Run, 1861, given to Warwick by his brother, Austin
(temporarily on exhibit in room 1a, glass-topped display cabinet)
These civil war relics were attached to a portrait of Sergeant William Lawrence, who was killed at Battle of Bull Run, 1861
Uniform button and belt buckle
Bullets were from Anderson Prison where his brother Charles was a prisoner
(temporarily on exhibit in room 1a, glass-topped display cabinet)
Front page of The New York Herald, Saturday, April 15, 1865
Death of the President
Flag with 38 stars carried in Warwick Memorial Services from 1870-1935.
For many years it was carried by Harrison Allen who was a Civil War veteran.
He was also a member of the White House Guard when Lincoln was assassinated.
Flag over door, north wall, room 1a
Here it's being carried in the 2008 Old Home Days Parade
