http://cenantua.wordpress.com As a Southerner and native of the Shenandoah Valley, I offer reflections on the Civil War-era South... and sometimes a little more. But... expect the unexpected Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:26:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/f2466e6c2c59320b59de8549d6324e41?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://cenantua.wordpress.com http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/why-would-a-washington-lincoln-day-be-significant-to-virginia/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/why-would-a-washington-lincoln-day-be-significant-to-virginia/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:17:59 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=6086 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/why-would-a-washington-lincoln-day-be-significant-to-virginia/feed/ 6 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 lincoln0 cenantua lincoln0 lincolnvalley5 lincolnvalley1 lincolnvalley2 lincolnvalley3 lincolnvalley4 lincolnvalley6 lincolnvalley7 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/war-horse-my-take-on-it/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/war-horse-my-take-on-it/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:12:46 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37.431573 -78.656894 lockhousedam5 cenantua lock5 dam5part2 dam5part4 dam5part3 lockhousedam5 lockhousedam5part2 lockhousedam5part3 lockhousedam5part4 dam5part5 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/men-of-the-shenandoah-valley-at-the-crater-and-ft-fisher/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/men-of-the-shenandoah-valley-at-the-crater-and-ft-fisher/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:08:50 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=6015 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/men-of-the-shenandoah-valley-at-the-crater-and-ft-fisher/feed/ 5 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 btbuch cenantua bat8 usc6 crater mcrice crater2 ftfish ftfish2 btybuch bttybuch2 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/looking-back-on-remembrance-day-2011/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/looking-back-on-remembrance-day-2011/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:14:03 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5957 ]]> 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jamesjordannicholsonfam sudie2 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/intermission-in-the-nicholson-story/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/intermission-in-the-nicholson-story/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:37:52 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5913 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/intermission-in-the-nicholson-story/feed/ 4 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 jnic cenantua jnic jasper http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/on-my-supposed-isolationist-%e2%80%9chillbilly%e2%80%9d-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-2/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/on-my-supposed-isolationist-%e2%80%9chillbilly%e2%80%9d-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-2/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:37:12 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5901 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/on-my-supposed-isolationist-%e2%80%9chillbilly%e2%80%9d-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-2/feed/ 1 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 aaron2 cenantua aaronnicholson http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/on-my-supposed-isolationist-hillbilly-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-1/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/on-my-supposed-isolationist-hillbilly-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-1/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:26:06 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5887 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/on-my-supposed-isolationist-hillbilly-roots-the-nicholson-family-in-madison-county-va-part-1/feed/ 1 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 sudie cenantua sudie nicholson josnicholson Nicholson2 Pollockyoung http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/the-legend-of-%e2%80%9cwizard-clip%e2%80%9d-smithfieldmiddleway-jefferson-county-west-virginia/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/the-legend-of-%e2%80%9cwizard-clip%e2%80%9d-smithfieldmiddleway-jefferson-county-west-virginia/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:45:18 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5877 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/the-legend-of-%e2%80%9cwizard-clip%e2%80%9d-smithfieldmiddleway-jefferson-county-west-virginia/feed/ 4 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 cartmell cenantua cartmell http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/and-also-revisiting-the-family-witch-story/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/and-also-revisiting-the-family-witch-story/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:30:37 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5868 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/and-also-revisiting-the-family-witch-story/feed/ 0 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 cenantua CRHilliard http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/early-valley-historian-samuel-kercheval-ca-17-1845-on-witchcraft/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/early-valley-historian-samuel-kercheval-ca-17-1845-on-witchcraft/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:14 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5872 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/early-valley-historian-samuel-kercheval-ca-17-1845-on-witchcraft/feed/ 0 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 cenantua http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/revisiting-a-family-ghost-story-from-the-civil-war/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/revisiting-a-family-ghost-story-from-the-civil-war/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:45:27 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5862 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/revisiting-a-family-ghost-story-from-the-civil-war/feed/ 0 37.431573 -78.656894 37.431573 -78.656894 deserter9 cenantua deserter2 paxton execution shuler deserter4 http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/death-poetry-from-the-mid-19th-century/ http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/death-poetry-from-the-mid-19th-century/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:52:44 +0000 Robert Moore http://cenantua.wordpress.com/?p=5847 ]]> http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/death-poetry-from-the-mid-19th-century/feed/ 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