Free Family Program: Living History

"The Price of Freedom: Through 
the Eyes of Nyack's Daniel Ullman"

A Living History Family Program

When: Sunday, June 8, 2014, 2 pm
Where: HSRC, 20 Zukor Road, New City
Admission: $FREE (but reservations are required)

The Historical Society invites you to witness history through the eyes of Nyack’s Daniel Ullman, as portrayed by the local historian and reenactor Doug Carey.

General Ullman, a loyal congregant of Grace Church in Nyack and a graduate of Yale University, Class of 1829, was a Whig candidate for attorney-general in 1851, as well as an American Party candidate for governor of New York in 1854. An avowed disciple of Henry Clay, Ullman joined forces with the new Republican Party and supported the ticket of Lincoln and Hamlin for the presidency in 1860.

General Ullman was instrumental in New York’s early response to Lincoln’s first two calls for volunteers, in 1861 and 1862, and was put in charge of one regiment of the Eagle Brigade: the 78th New York Volunteer Infantry. After serving with distinction and even surviving a bout with typhoid fever and the infamous Libby Prison, he was helped to persuade Lincoln that the time was right to allow men of color to serve under the Stars and Stripes. He was subsequently put in charge of several of the first regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops, the Corps d’Afrique, serving primarily at Port Hudson within the Department of the Gulf.

Carey will bring Ullman to life as he shares the general's political philosophy, decisions, and actions with the audience. Carey has been researching Ullman’s life through a variety of documents, including personal and official military letters, speeches, and news accounts of debates and rallies.
"The Price of Freedom" will include a few special guests as the play takes us back to Nyack and Rockland County in the mid- to late 19th century.

Learn More Here:  http://www.rocklandhistory.org/event.cfm?page=374