This well-told story of wealth and privilege, inspirational patriotism, and courage recounts one of the most heroic and socially fascinating episodes of World War I

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Presenting an intriguing record of the military life of the 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. It was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, organized at Danville, Illinois. It assembled for three years of service in 1862, under the command of Colonel Oscar Fitzalan Harmon. The writer includes details of their in-camp experiences and duties during the war in this valuable work.

"Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry" is a historical document accounting for the formation of the Seventy-First Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, in 1777. In that year, the British Ministry tried to encourage the country to raise troops voluntarily for the prosecution of the war then being waged between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Glasgow each raised a regiment of a thousand men at its own expense, and several independent companies were formed in Wales. In this manner, men were raised and presented to the States.

Lauren Joichin Nile introduces what she believes is humanity’s racial bottom line with a compelling account of her personal experiences growing up in 1950’s and 60’s segregated New Orleans. In so doing, she posits what she believes is humanity’s universal racial story. Lauren explains how starting out from Southern Africa, fully formed human beings, over thousands of years, walked out of Africa, populated the entire rest of Planet Earth, and over 2,000 generations, physically adapted to their new environments, gradually taking on the appearance of the many races of modern-day humanity, making all of us literally one, biologically-related human family. She then provides an abbreviated account of some of the most significant events of humanity’s racial history and an explanation of how that history has affected the American racial present. She also analyzes a number of controversial topics, including whether there are truly superior and inferior races. Finally, Lauren shares what she believes are the specific actions that humanity must take in order to heal from our wretched racial past, realize that across the planet, we all truly can love one another and as a species, walk into a wiser, more empathetic, compassionate human future. Lauren Joichin Nile is an author, keynote speaker, trainer and licensed attorney who specializes in assisting organizations in increasing their emotional intelligence, compassion, and productivity. The goal of her work with organizations is to help create environments in which understanding and kindness are valued and as a result, every person is equally welcomed and uniformly appreciated irrespective of all demographic differences. The goal of Lauren’s speaking and training in the greater society, is to help the human species grow in both wisdom and compassion.