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Occupied Cities of the South: Alexandria, Virginia
Part of a Series Ripples of fear and uncertainty spread throughout the United States when war broke out between the North and the South in 1861. In every state, citizens worried that war could arrive at their front door at … Continue reading
Book Review: Marriage on the Border
Marriage on the Border: Love, Mutuality, and Divorce in the Upper South during the Civil War By Allison Dorothy Fredette University Press of Kentucky, 2020, $60 hardcover Reviewed by Meg Groeling Allison Dorothy Fredette’s Marriage on the Border: Love, … Continue reading
Civil War Cooking: Miss Caskie’s Cake at General Lee’s Headquarters
“You must thank Miss Norvell for her nice cake. I . . . assembled all the young gentlemen around it & though I told them it was a present from a beautiful young lady, they did not leave a crumb.” … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 2
This is the final post for “From the Doorstep: Winchester Women.” Part 1 is available here. Mary Greenhow Lee started a letter on March 11, intending to send it to a friend. Instead, she kept writing, writing, writing until November … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 1
It is a truth (mostly) universally acknowledged that if you want the long version of a story, ask a woman. I say this not as criticism, but rather as praise Civil War women and their primary sources. After recording the … Continue reading
Women’s Reflections on Christmas 1863
This holiday season I came across two Christmas entries in two very different civilian journals. One, tinged with reflective sadness, offers the words of a Virginian girl who has seen war and lost a loved one in the conflict but … Continue reading
A Virginia Boy
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Doug Crenshaw In June 1862, George McCall’s Division of the Union V Corps was stationed east of Beaver Dam Creek near Mechanicsville, Virginia. It was there to guard the route to the Pamunkey River supply … Continue reading
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Tagged confederate civilians, Henry Clinton, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Union Balloon Corps
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