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Laid to Rest in Lexington
On May 15, 1863—150 years ago today—Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was laid to rest in his beloved Shenandoah Valley. He had died five days previously and, since his death, his remains had traveled from Guinea Station down to Richmond … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, death of Stonewall Jackson, Elisha Paxton, Guin, Guinea Station, Hazel Grove, Lexington, Stonewall Brigade, Stonewall Jackson, Virginia, VMI
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Essex County’s Native Sons
Approximately 45 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, sits the town of Tappahannock. The name originates from the Algonquian word lappihane (or, it has also been noted, toppehannock). When translated, it means roughly “Town on the rise and fall of water.” The town is better … Continue reading
Why Do We Remember What We Remember? Richard Kirkland as the “Angel of Marye’s Heights”
Fredericksburg is a largely unmonumented battlefield. The most prominent monument on the southern end of the field is the “Meade pyramid” largely inaccessible to most visitors; besides that the remains of earthworks stand as a testament to what once occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 2nd South Carolina, Antietam, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Fredericksburg, Collateral Descendents of Richard Kirkland, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Joseph Kershaw, Kirkland Monument, linkedin, Marye's Heights, Meade Pyramid, Memory, monuments, National Civil War Museum, Richard Kirkland, Richard Rowland Kirkland Memorial Foundation, South Carolina, Sunken Road, Virginia
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Prelude to Antietam
Antietam, Sharpsburg—whichever name you prefer, it characterizes the bloodiest single-day in American history. On the fields surrounding this bucolic western Maryland town, 23,000 men became casualties. Even before that bloody late summer day, the campaign had born casualties. Although definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Monuments, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Antietam Campaign, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee, Illinois, Indiana, JEB Stuart, Maryland, New York, Richard Beale, Sesquicentennial, Thomas Munford, Union Cavalry, Virginia, Wade Hampton
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The Reconstruction of Billy Mahone
The descriptions of him are priceless. “He looked the image of a bantam rooster or a gamecock,” recalled a veteran. Perhaps it was his odd dress: “He wore a large sombrero hat, without plume, cocked on one side, and decorated … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Reconstruction
Tagged Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, Battle of the Crater, Billy Mahone, Chancellorsville, Confederate Republicans, Conservatives, Crater, Danville race riot, Democrats, Drewry's Bluff, Fredericksburg, Funders, Hero of the Crater, James Longstreet, Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, Peninsula Campaign, Petersburg, Rappahannock Academy, Readjuster Party, Readjusters, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Virginia, Republicans, Richmond, Salem Church, Spotsylvania Court House, U.S. Senator William Mahone, Virginia, Virginia debt, Virginia Military Institute, VMI, West Virginia, wilderness, William Mahone
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Slavery? States Rights? Secession.
We’re pleased to welcome back guest-poster Kathleen Logothetis…. I recently attended a session at the American Association for State and Local History conference in Richmond, Virginia that caused me to reflect on the history we present to the public. The … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Slavery
Tagged American Association for State and Local History, Dwight Pitcaithley, Georgia, James Loewen, John Coski, linkedin, Marty Blatt, Mississippi, Museum of the Confederacy, National Park Service, Ordinance of Secession, public history, Richmond Virginia, secession, slavery, South Carolina, states' rights, Virginia
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