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Traveling Advice: Don’t Forget To Look Left & Right
When I was a little kid, my mom would let me run across the street to get the mail. We didn’t live on a busy road, but she taught me road safety. First, listen. Then, look to the left, right, and left again. If there weren’t any cars coming, I could cross the street. Pretty […]
Read more...Confederate Paymaster Charles Jarrett
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Roger Futrell You may view part one here Charles F. Jarrett, whose iron paymaster’s chest was featured in a previous post, was instrumental in raising the funds needed to create a park on the site of Jefferson Davis’ birthplace at Fairview, Kentucky. He was also supportive […]
Read more...Lunsford Lindsay Lomax or Lindsay Lunsford Lomax?
Another installment from the “Tales from the Tombstone series.” On one of my last driving trips in Virginia before relocating, I passed through the town of Warrenton, Virginia. Rich in Civil War history, the Warrenton City Cemetery has a Confederate section, complete with a Virginia Civil War trails marker at the entrance. One of the […]
Read more...“Little Billy’s” Big Mausoleum
Another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series. Although never a physically imposing man, William Mahone, left a lasting impact on 19th century Virginia, as a civilian, military officer, and politician. In one way or another, all these pursuits had a connection to the transportation sector. Not surprising, Mahone born on the first day […]
Read more...“Littlepage’s Big Contributions to the Confederacy”
This is another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” Littlepage was the middle name of Carter L. Stevenson, a Confederate major general that saw extensive service in the west during the American Civil War. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to a wealthy and prominent family, Stevenson finished his education with a degree from West Point Military […]
Read more...From the Gold Rush of California To the Fields of Third Winchester
Another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” This post is part of the 150th Annviesrary of the Battle of Third Winchester coverage here on Emerging Civil War. Archibald Campbell Godwin forever associated in Civil War history with his North Carolinian’s, was actually not a Tar Heel himself. Born in 1831–even Ezra Warner does not list […]
Read more...From the Battle of New Hope Church
As the battle of New Hope Church whirled around the men of Stovall’s Georgia Brigade, the men hunkered down among the tombstone of the New Hope Cemetery. A recent grave stood not far from where they now fought. It was the grave of a local miller turned cavalry officer, 1st Lt. Benjamin Pickett. Pickett fell […]
Read more...“He Was Decidedly the Best General Officer From Our State”
Another installment of the “Tales From the Tombstone” series in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the Overland Campaign Hailing from Halifax, North Carolina, miles from the Virginia-North Carolina border, Junius Daniel led a privileged life. Hailing from a distinguished family–maternal side from an old Virginia family and father from a wealthy and politically active […]
Read more...Death of Jenkins
Another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the actual event. A product of Edisto Island, South Carolina and a graduate of The Citadel, Micah Jenkins was a product of the wealthy South Carolina Low Country. Like more recognizable Confederate military leaders, Jenkins also swore off alcohol […]
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