Civil War soldier's diary and descendants keep his story alive

Civil War history is present in Trenton’s Locust Hill African Cemetery (L.A. PARKER COLUMN)

Tuesday, April 9. With nothing planned at Locust Hill African Cemetery for the 160th anniversary of the end to the Civil War, not that such a milestone needs excessive acknowledgment, a woman friend brought her two granddaughters to the Hart Ave. gravesite in Trenton where at least six or more Black Civil War soldiers received burial. Wind whipped around the small plot of green grass as we connected miniature U.S. flags to black metal posts. Fou…

Civil War soldier's diary and descendants keep his story alive

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through June 1865.

A WINDOW INTO WAR

Charles H. Walker's legacy from a Union Civil War brigade in Wisconsin remains alive with his diary contents preserved by his descendants.