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The Beginning of The Civil War
The Civil War began with a shot of a cannon from the Confederates on Fort Sumter. It has since then been marked as the beginning of the Civil War. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter -
Aboard the Lavinia Logan
Newton was aboard the Lavinia Logan, a boat on the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. Scott was expecting his first battle to arrive soon. But he wrote to his friend Hannah M. Cone how his Co. had stolen over 100,000 dollars worth of cotton, beef, and chicken. https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll61/id/6281/ -
Newton's Picture Is Taken
Scott was in Camp Prenfits at the time that he had his picture taken for the first time. Back then during the times of the Civil War only really rich people had their pictures taken. Scott was one of the lucky men to get his picture taken. You had to pose for maybe up to five to ten minutes and stay completely still, that's why it's hard to find pictures or paintings of people smiling. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/photography-and-civil-war -
The Battle Of Helena
The Battle of Helena was one of the tons of battles in the Civil War, Newton Scott took part in this one. It took place in Helena, Arkansas where hundreds were counted dead. The battle was another atempt from the confederacy to relive pressure from Vicksburg, but failed. The Union winning this battle helped to get to the fall of Little Rock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Helena -
Newton Moves From Little Rock To Texas
After Newton and other thousands of troops in the union defeated Little Rock in the Battle of Arkansas they decided to move to Texas. They left about 5000 troops in Helena and walked 25 miles to join Gen Davidson. https://www.arkansas.com/helena-west-helena/motoring/little-rock-campaign-civil-war-trail -
David. O. Dodd's Death
Dodd was a spy for the confederacy, he was caught by Union soldiers one of them was Newton Scott. He was taken to court the next day and sentenced to death by hanging. He sent a letter home to his family only hours before death and at 3 o'clock that same day he was hung by his neck on the grounds of his old school. https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/espionage.html -
Newton Loses Friend Due to Illness
Sickness in the civil war was definitely not uncommon. Soldiers died all the time due to common diseases like diarrhea/dysentery, typhoid, and others. Newton among other soldiers lost a friend of his due to Typhoid Fever. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8513069/#:~:text=Pneumonia%2C%20typhoid%2C%20diarrhea%2Fdysentery,in%20halting%20several%20major%20campaigns. -
The Darkie Shantys
Newton and troops found shelter in little huts called shantys. They were quite large. Each large enough to sleep and hold two men. Newton bunked with a man named Albert Grimes. It was a large and more comfortable step up from a tent. They were poorly built shacks, that were former homes for black slaves. https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2019/12/civil-war-chanties-making-connection.html?_sm_au_=iVVQvtj7DNVJrQSFs1RjkK0W1TTNc -
Constructing the Barracks in St. Charles
Newton and his men made it from Little Rock to St. Charles, Arkansas. When there they constructed barracks. Barracks are used for soldiers to sleep in usually long buildings nowadays but during the civil war, they were tents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracks -
End of The Civil War
The war ended four years later after Robert E. Lee surrendered the last Confederate Army they had. And the last battle was fought on Palmito Ranch, Texas on May 13, 1865. Then finally the bloodiest war in American history was over. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-facts#:~:text=The%20war%20ended%20in%20Spring,%2C%20on%20May%2013%2C%201865. -
Newtons Final Promotion
Newton was promoted 5 separate times throughout the war. From 8th Corporal to 7th all the way down to 3rd. Its rank is equivalent to a 3rd class officer but one rank from Sergeant. https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/civil-war-army-organization-and-rank#:~:text=CORPORAL,the%20movement%20of%20the%20company. -
Newton Comes Home
Even after the war was over soldiers still has to wait at their camps and couldn't go home for months, Scott finally got to go home and wrote a letter to his parents telling them he would be home in three to four days. He and other men boarded a boat and left. Newton Scott survived the bloodiest war in American History and got to see his family again. https://www.history.com/news/why-the-civil-war-actually-ended-16-months-after-lee-surrendered
