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| Hoto daga Frank Ramirez |
| Jeffrey Bach, darektan Cibiyar Matasa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), ya ba da labari a wani zaman fahimta game da bincikensa na sojoji sama da 170 a cikin runduna ko ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwa a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa waɗanda daga baya suka zama ministocin ’yan’uwa. |
Da Frank Ramirez
Daren Litinin a taron shekara-shekara ba a rasa abubuwan raba hankali ba. Akwai wasan wuta. Akwai ice cream. Akwai shagali na waje.
Amma hakan bai hana ’yan’uwa fiye da 200 yin cincirindo ba don jin Jeffrey Bach, darektan Cibiyar Matasa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ya ba da kaɗan daga cikin labaran da ke cikin bincikensa na sojoji sama da 170 a cikin makarantar. Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiya ko Ƙungiya a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa waɗanda daga baya suka zama ’yan’uwa Ministoci.
Aikin ya kasance aiki na ƙauna, kuma har yanzu yana da hanyoyin da za a bi kafin bugawa. Bach ya gode wa Marlin Heckman da sauran su don taimakon da suka yi a bincikensa.
Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta ’yan’uwa ce ta dauki nauyin gabatar da taron. Heckman ya bude taron ne da karramawa ga marigayi Ken Shaffer, tsohon darekta na Laburaren Tarihi da Tarihi na ’Yan’uwa, wanda aka tuna da shi na tsawon shekaru da ya yi na hidimar kiyaye tarihin ‘yan’uwa.
A cikin jawabinsa, Bach ya jaddada cewa babu wani fastoci da ake magana a kai da ya kasance masu son zaman lafiya a lokacin yakin basasa. Sun yi baftisma kuma aka kira su zuwa wa’azi da daɗewa bayan an gama yaƙi. A wasu lokuta ba su taɓa yin magana game da abubuwan da suka faru na soja ba. Hakika, Bach ya yi mamaki ko watakila abubuwan da suka faru na yaƙi ya kai su ga ɓacin rai da ya jawo su zuwa ga ’yan’uwa marasa tashin hankali.
Labari ɗaya shine na Matthew Mays (MM) Eshelman (1845-1921), fitaccen marubucin 'yan'uwa kuma mai goyon bayan ilimi wanda ke da hannu wajen kafa makarantu da yawa. An haife shi a kusa da Lewistown, Pa., shi jikan wani minista ne na 'yan'uwa. Ya yi yaƙi a cikin Union Army a cikin Pennsylvania. An kira rundunarsa don ba da tallafi a Antietam washegari bayan yaƙin. Wataƙila an ji masa rauni a yakin Fredericksburg a watan Nuwamba 1862, kuma an sallame shi tare da takardar shaidar likita. Ya sake yin rajista a ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1864, a cikin Tsaron Ƙasa na Ohio, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu sa kai na "Ranar ɗari". A ranar 4 ga Agusta, 1864, an tattara shi.
Ko da yake shi ɗan Methodist ne na ɗan lokaci, a shekara ta 1873 ya yi baftisma cikin ikilisiyar Sugar Creek Brothers da ke Illinois. Yayin da yake zaune a Kansas yana aiki a kafa Kwalejin McPherson. Titin Eshelman a McPherson an sanya masa suna.
A 1890 ya koma kudancin California. Bayan shekara guda ya sayi Otal din Lordsburg, wanda daga baya ya zama Kwalejin Lordsburg, wanda ke gaba da Jami'ar LaVerne.
Ba a san tarihin kowane lokaci da Eshelman ya yi magana game da abubuwan da ya faru na yaƙi ba.
Bach ya fi son labarin Addison Harper (1809-80). Duk da cewa yana da shekaru kusan 50 a duniya, tsohon ma’aikacin jirgin ruwa, ma’aikacin ruwa, dan majalisar jiha, ma’aikacin ajiya, da manomi ya shiga cikin rundunar sojojin Confederate a 1861, kuma daga karshe ya kai matsayin kyaftin. Ya yi yakin Bull Run, Cross Keys da Port Republic da sauransu.
Bayan yakin basasa ya koma Ray County, Mo., inda ya zama manomi mai wadata. A shekara ta 1875 ya zama dattijon 'yan'uwa. Wani ministan 'yan'uwa, wanda ya yi aiki a cikin sojojin Tarayyar, George Zollers, ya rubuta waƙar da ta lura cewa Harper "Da zarar ya hau kan yakin yaki, / ya ci nasara, / ta hanyar filayen da aka lalata da jinin ɗan adam, / astreded da mugun hali. matattu” ya kasance “yanzu sojan gicciye,/ mai shelar Gaskiya….”
Lemuel Hillery (1843-1912), wanda aka haifa a Sabuwar Kasuwa a Frederick County, Md., Ya yi yaƙi tare da Illinois 75th a Yaƙin Chickamauga da kewaye a Chattanooga. Ya taso cikin cikakken talauci, ya shawo kan wani likita Bajamushe ya koya masa Girkanci Sabon Alkawari, kuma tun yana yaro yana yin hidima ga wasu yara, ciki har da bayi matasa da yawa, kuma daga ƙarshe ya zama mai goyon bayan makarantun Lahadi.
Ya sha fama da raunukan yakinsa har tsawon rayuwarsa. Ya rayu kuma ya yi wa’azi a jihohi da yawa, kuma, kamar yadda Bach ya ce, “An san shi da yin wa’azin taron jama’a da suka zo su yi masa ba’a.”
Isaac James (1838-1914) an haife shi ne a gundumar Ashtabula, Ohio, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa don ɗaukar launuka na Confederate a lokacin yakin Petersburg. Fiye da karni daya daga baya masu sha'awar yakin basasa sun gano an binne shi a makabartar Old Order a Union County, Ohio, kuma suna son yin ado da kabarinsa. Babu wani daga cikin zuriyarsa da ya san wani abu game da hidimar da ya yi a lokacin yakin basasa, ko kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa.
Bach ya lika labarunsa da ban dariya. Bayan gabatar da jawabinsa wasu daga cikin masu sauraro sun sami labarin nasu don ba da labarin 'yan uwa da kuma yadda suka shiga aikin soja a lokacin yakin basasa.
Rufe taron shekara-shekara na 2011 shine ta Ƙungiyar Labarai ta Jan Fischer-Bachman, Mandy Garcia, Karen Garrett, Amy Heckert, Regina Holmes, Frank Ramirez, Glenn Riegel, Frances Townsend, da edita da daraktan labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Wendy McFadden tana aiki a matsayin babban darekta na 'Yan Jarida. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org