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Tag Archives: Virginia secession
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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“Boys, That Flag Must Come Down!” Part 2 of a series
Weep, weep Columbia! Death, with traitorous hand, Has slain a Hero, quenched a manly flame; Cast heartfelt sorrow o’er a throbbing land, And carved, for future years to read, a name On the grand alter of our Country’s fame. The … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Alexandria, Alexandria Campaign, Army of the Potomac, Confederate Flag, death of Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Elmer Ellsworth, Long Bridge, Memory, start of the war, Virginia secession
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