Purveyor Of Truth, Beauty and Sweat
In the autumn of 1861, farm boys and clerks across northern Illinois answered a call that would define their generation. President Abraham Lincoln, after the fall of Fort Sumter, had asked the loyal states for volunteers to preserve the Union. Illinois responded with overwhelming force. Young men like John Newton Prentice—born May 8, 1842, and just nineteen when he enlisted … Read More
Personal Introduction from Scott Prentice (Great-Grandson of John Newton Prentice)My name is Scott L. Prentice, and I am the great-grandson of John Newton Prentice, a Union soldier who served in Company A of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1865.Like so many in our family, military service runs deep in our blood. My great-grandfather answered President Lincoln’s call … Read More
