GDG- breaking through ice at Sangamon

[Dennis Lawrence]

  March 13, 1832-March 25, 1832 (?).
Steamboat Talisman,
	

J. M. Pollock, Master, leaves Beardstown to ascend Sangamon to Vincent A. 
Bogue's mill at Portland, five miles north of Springfield. Several citizens 
of New Salem and Springfield, including Lincoln, go along to help clear 
obstructions. Four days are spent breaking through ice at Sangamon 
entrance. Boat does not arrive at Portland until March 24, 1832.

Lincoln probably attends ball at court house in Springfield March 26, 1832. 
After staying week at Portland, trip down Sangamon begins with Lincoln as 
assistant to J. Rowan Herndon of New Salem, pilot

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A New Eden: The Pioneer Era in Sangamon 
County   http://www.sancohis.org/eden.htm

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Monday, March 13 1865

Gen. Robert E. Lee had been lobbying for the measure for quite some time. 
Other Confederate generals had likewise supported it as the manpower 
shortage became ever more severe. Inexplicably, President Davis and the 
Confederate Congress were disinclined to support it until now. However, 
today the plan was adopted, and these newly recruited troops were soon seen 
in the streets of Richmond. Their army uniforms were grey--but the troopers 
were black. Negroes were never quite accepted into the Confederate Army. On 
the other hand, despite the tremendous bravery of such units as the 54th 
Mass., blacks were never wholeheartedly accepted into the Union Army 
either, being required to serve under white officers for the duration of 
the Civil War.   http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ThisDay.asp   Civil War 
Interactive and he