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Robert Dickey: Killer Turned Soldier
Henry St. Clair flew off the porch of Henry Bicksler’s tavern and shouted into the evening air, “God damn your soul, Bob Dickey, what did you hit me for?” Onlookers watched as Robert Dickey turned to face his accuser, and … Continue reading
A Commemoration to Remember Dranesville
I’ve been to my fair share of battle commemorations. I’ve listened to “Taps” every half hour while working at a National Cemetery’s Memorial Day service. I’ve laid carnations at Fredericksburg’s famous stone wall. But just a little while ago, I … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 11th Virginia Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry, Alexander B. Smith, Bucktails, Church of the Brethren, Dranesville, Elizabeth Galbraith, John Henry, Lynchburg, Obadiah Harden, Samuel Galbraith, Thomas Harden
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Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 4
Part 4 of a series. In 1860 James Coleman owned thirteen people. The oldest was 62 years old; the youngest, five months. Eight of them were females, including the baby, and five were males, and together they helped propel Coleman … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles
Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, 34th New York, Alexandria, Camp Griffin, Camp Pierpont, Caroline Jackson, Charles P. Stone, Day Brothers, Dranesville, George Coleman, George D. Bayard, George G. Meade, George McCall, Isaac Madison, James Coleman, John Coleman, John Hawxhurst, Joseph Ordwick, Lewinsville, pennsylvania reserves, Philip Carper, Restored Government of Virginia, Thomas Coleman, William F. Smith, William Farley, Winfield S. Hancock
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Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 3
Part three in a series. Part One is here, and Part Two is here. War had come, and the people of Herkimer County, New York answered. Located towards the center of the state, the New Yorkers soon heard of Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th New York Infantry, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Charles P. Stone, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Christian Zugg, Cyrus Kellogg, Dranesville, Dranesville Home Guard, Fairfax Court House, Herkimer County, Lowe's Island, Maryland, McCarthy Lowe, New York, Oliver Darling, Robert Gracey, Seneca Mills, Stephen Farr, Wells Sponable, William Day, William LaDue
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Dranesville, a Troubled Town: Part 2
Part One Can Be Found Here. The white men of Virginia went to the polls on a warm May 23, 1861 to vote on the secession referendum passed a month earlier by a delegates’ convention. By the time the ballots … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Personalities
Tagged Charles Coleman, Daniel Borden, Dranesville, Elmer Ellsworth, Fairfax County, Henry Bishop, Herndon Station, Howard Lasher, James Jackson, James W. Farr, John B. Farr, John T. Day, John T. DeBell, Kitty K. Hanna, Lewinsville, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, Nathaniel Hanna, Richard H. Gunnell, Thomas Coleman, Vienna, Virginia, Virginia secession, William B. Day
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