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ECW Weekender: Lavender at Cross Keys Battlefield?
It’s one of those places that I’ve always driven by in a rush (or couldn’t persuade my fellow battlefield explorers to stop). Off Route 276 and just about half a mile from the left turn to the Cross Keys Ruritan Hall to begin the suggested battlefield driving tour, White Oak Lavender Farm offers shade, lemonade […]
Read more...Week In Review: May 23-29, 2022
Lots of historic anniversary posts this week! Monday, May 23: Question of the Week is about choosing a capital. Sarah Kay Bierle posted Part 1 and Part 2 of some research about Belle Boyd and the battle of Front Royal for the Valley Campaign anniversary.
Read more...Belle Boyd and the Battle of Front Royal, Part 2
Part 1 is here “I did not stop to reflect. My heart, though beating fast, was not appalled. I put on a white sunbonnet, and started at a run down the street, which was thronged with Federal officers and men. I soon cleared the town and gained the open fields, which I traversed with unabated […]
Read more...Belle Boyd and the Battle of Front Royal, Part 1
On May 23, 1862, the battle of Front Royal occurred as Confederate troops push down (north) in the Shenandoah Valley toward Winchester. The main southern force under General Thomas J. Jackson had marched from New Market Gap to Luray and approached Front Royal, a village almost due east of Strasburg. After the battle of McDowell […]
Read more...“Battlefield Season”
“Battlefield season,” as I refer to early May, is always an especially busy time of year for me. Of the five battlefields I live among, the battles of Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania all took place in early and mid-May, with North Anna (another of my favorites, and nearby) taking place immediately thereafter.[1] In the midst […]
Read more...Words “in Praise of General Berry”: Hiram Berry Memorial Poems
“Not a word in praise of General Berry’s services, but half a column laudatory of Stonewall Jackson can be found in the Bath Courier,” a newspaper reader complained on May 23, 1863, in a letter to the Bangor, Maine, Whig & Courier. He was referring to Maj. Gen. Hiram Berry, commanding a division of the […]
Read more...On The March: The Cadets’ Road to New Market
Adapted from Chapter 4 of Call Out The Cadets: The Battle of New Market On May 10, 1864—the first anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s death—Virginia Military Institute cadets participated in graveside remembrance ceremonies, returned to their barracks, and finished the day with evening dress parade. That night, a messenger arrived at the Institute in Lexington, Virginia. […]
Read more...On The March: Respectfully, Jubal A. Early
Headquarters 2d corps, A. No.–Va. To Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding Division: General- Gen. Jackson’s compliments to Gen. Early, and he would like to be informed why he saw so many stragglers in rear of your division to-day. Respectfully, A. S. Pendleton, A. A. G. 2d Corps. …………………………………………… Headquarters Early’s division, A. no.–Va. To Col. […]
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