Saloons-The first USO

[5fish]

Here is a link to a site which talks about two saloons..... Could we call them the first U.S.O. before there was a U.S.O. for our soldiers and sailor to go too?

http://isc.temple.edu/awaskie/Anna Maria Ross, Civil War Volunteer Nurse.htm

 

[donna]

A very interesting post. I really enjoyed learning about Anna Ross, a real heroine of the Civil War.

It does seem these saloons could have been fore runner to USO.

 

[Robtweb1]

Here's the Confederate experience in saloons. This happened at the railroad depot/hotel/saloon in my home town of Grand Junction, TN.


"This regiment was organized June 16, 1861, as the 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade. It was mustered into Confederate service as the 13th Louisiana Regiment at Camp Pulaski, near Amite, on August 24. The regiment received orders to go to Virginia. While en route, some of the men got drunk and rioted at Grand Junction, Tennessee. Five men died before the officers could quell the mutiny. One company was disbanded as a result of the affair [original Company B most likely]. The regiment went to Yorktown in September. On September 21, the War Department changed the regiment's designation to the 14th Louisiana Regiment."

 

[Robtweb1]

Here's the Confederate experience in saloons. This happened at the railroad depot/hotel/saloon in my home town of Grand Junction, TN.


"This regiment was organized June 16, 1861, as the 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade. It was mustered into Confederate service as the 13th Louisiana Regiment at Camp Pulaski, near Amite, on August 24. The regiment received orders to go to Virginia. While en route, some of the men got drunk and rioted at Grand Junction, Tennessee. Five men died before the officers could quell the mutiny. One company was disbanded as a result of the affair [original Company B most likely]. The regiment went to Yorktown in September. On September 21, the War Department changed the regiment's designation to the 14th Louisiana Regiment."

I found a photo of the depot/hotel/saloon as it was then.

 

[atuttle32]

Amazing what I'm learning from this forum! Great post!

 

[gold lotus 99]

Thanks, 5Fish, for sharing this. First the headline of your post made my smile. Then, reading about Mrs. Ross, smiled even more at her version of the saloon. Thanks for making sure she, and her contributions, are remembered.

 

[jumpmastereast]

Great post and I have to say they believed in the moral of the troops then and we do now. Enjoyed the reading.