The Better Angels of our Nature : Freemasonry in the by Michael A. Halleran
By Michael A. Halleran
The 1st in-depth research of the Freemasons in the course of the Civil War
One of the iconic but little tested topics in Civil warfare lore is the frequent trust that at the box of conflict and in a while, individuals of Masonic inns might provide reduction and luxury to wounded or captured enemy Masons, usually at nice own sacrifice and possibility. This paintings is a deeply researched exam of the recorded, functional results of Freemasonry between Civil battle individuals on either sides.
From first-person debts culled from regimental histories, diaries, and letters, Michael A. Halleran has built an outline of 19th-century American freemasonry mostly and Masonry within the armies of either North and South particularly, and supplied telling examples of ways Masonic brotherhood labored in perform. Halleran information the reaction of the fraternity to the drawback of secession and struggle, and examines acts of tips to enemies at the battlefield and in POW camps.
The writer examines rigorously the foremost Masonic tales from the Civil warfare, particularly the parable that accomplice Lewis A. Armistead made the Masonic signal of misery as he lay death on the high-water mark of Pickett’s cost at Gettysburg.
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On examining a Brother, sometimes the fi nger touches the side of the nose; and in some lodges, they use two fi ngers instead of one. . ” Another sign is made by taking hold of the lower part of the left ear, with the thumb and forefi nger of the right hand. . 26 Besides being inherently attractive to the adolescent boy in most men, all of these gestures and phrases had a basic utility vis-à-vis the secret society; they maintained the secret and exclusive nature of the group. Although perhaps never intended, they were also, as we shall discover, unusually useful in wartime.
W. Whitehead, Thomas Treadway, James A. Coleman, and some others. . Gen. ”22 Three other Confederates corroborate this detail, and each remarked on Armistead’s call to turn the Yankee guns. Capt. Benjamin L. Farinholt of Company E of the 53rd Virginia reached Cushing’s guns with Armistead as did Lt. James A. Harwood of Company K. 23 Erasmus Williams, a private in Company H, 14th Virginia, was also present. ” in reference to Cushing’s unmanned federal artillery, and Williams complied. 24 Corporal Carter was captured and lived to tell his tale, and despite having seventeen bullet holes in his clothing, he escaped without serious injury—a charmed life, to be sure.
2 Scholars of Freemasonry appear to agree with this assessment: Relatively little is known about the origins of Freemasonry. It is clear that the fraternity has, to some extent, its antecedents in the ancient stonemason’s guilds of medieval Europe, but an exact pedigree has thus far eluded Masonic scholars. What is known is that Scottish Freemasonry transitioned from a trade guild into a social club. It may be assumed that English Freemasonry followed suit at a similar time and in like manner, but this remains unproven.