Lilah Morton Pengra Visits Sarah "Aunt Sally" Campbell Grave Marker#4
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| Picture Credit Erika Jordan |
Lilah shares the following as an update to my July 2009 article.
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| Picture Credit Kathy Aplan |
"My picture was taken at the Sarah Campbell fourth marker
by Kathy Aplan. The date of death is now
correct. The headstone and carving was
donated by the owner of Rausch Memorial. They plan to attach a plaque to the
back of the monument to explain the historical context for the use of
“Aunt Sally” and “colored.”
There was wonderful weather that day at the Galena
Cemetery Campbell
I’m currently working on a short article for the journal Greasy
Grass. The Lakota who were in the 1941 movie They
Died With Their Boots On were
never given credit. Even the repositories where the film and still photographs
are archived do not know their identities. I hope to rectify that and
give proper credit. And, my other project is to finish my book about Isaiah
Dorman, tentatively titled Isaiah Dorman: Issues, Answers and More Questions. That project will get started again
when I am up to another long research trip."
Note: Isaiah Dorman was an African American who perished with General Custer. I hope to add more information about Isaiah that does not distract from Lilah article. Check back!
>>> June 25, 2012: General Custer and Isaiah Dorman died June 25, 1876 so this is a fitting day to add Lilah's explanination of Isaiah research and book in work.
"I started researching Isaiah when two bits of information
collided. First, it is widely believed that Dorman was a runaway slave who hid
with the Lakota before the Civil War. This belief, when I first read it, seemed
to be based on rather flimsy evidence, none of which could be verified. I
reacted to that because it is a myth and stereotype that all people of
African-descent were slaves. The second bit of information I ran across by
accident. I found Isaiah Dorman, with his name misspelled, on the 1860 federal
census. He was living at Fort Kearney , NE Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
~~~ Dick,thanks for posting up-to-date articles about interesting Hills history. I should add that when Custer split his forces, Dorman was with the troops led by Reno Reno
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Note: Isaiah Dorman was an African American who perished with General Custer. I hope to add more information about Isaiah that does not distract from Lilah article. Check back!
>>> June 25, 2012: General Custer and Isaiah Dorman died June 25, 1876 so this is a fitting day to add Lilah's explanination of Isaiah research and book in work.
~~~ Dick,thanks for posting up-to-date articles about interesting Hills history. I should add that when Custer split his forces, Dorman was with the troops led by R
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