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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
Another perspective on Emancipation Day
It didn’t dawn on me until I read a post on Facebook… Yes, I know it’s the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and I’ve been keenly aware of that since midnight. Some see the document and its reach as meaningless, but those who do so seem to look at it more from the surface… […]
McClellan’s “lockjaw” boats
December 29, 2012
by Robert Moore
With an absence of posts for about two weeks, I’m hoping readers had a pleasant Christmas. I know I did, and, though posts weren’t anywhere to be found, work continued behind the scenes (as always). In addition to working a little, here and there, on my book, I’ve been honored with a request to write […]
What happened to Capt. Henry’s Napoleon?
December 14, 2012
by Robert Moore
I meant to include this as a footnote in yesterday’s post, but… having forgotten to do so… … and at the risk of sounding like a Fredericksburg Sesqui post from To the Sound of the Guns (… another great Sesqui-timed post, by the way, about the locations of guns on the battlefields)… Henry’s Napoleon is still […]
Posted in: American Civil War, Virginia in the Civil War
Fredericksburg150 – That “other guy” on the Confederate right: Capt. Mathias Winston Henry
December 13, 2012
by Robert Moore
No, not about Southern Unionists or the Valley… but there’s a tie to the Valley… just wait for it a bit. In Don Troiani’s print, “Bronze Guns and Iron Men”, there is an officer other than John Pelham, just behind the Napoleon, with binoculars in hand. To most, it might appear like a section commander… […]
… and, yes… Southern Unionists also charged the stone wall at Fredericksburg.
December 13, 2012
by Robert Moore
I’ll get back to my discussion of the civilian Southern Unionists who lived in and around Fredericksburg. There’s some interesting twists and turns that I’ve come across… not what I was looking for, but… and it may be that posts about some of these folks will span from this month through May. But… today being the 150th […]
Southern Unionists & Fredericksburg 150: the Willoughby/Montieth Claim
December 8, 2012
by Robert Moore
For me, diving into the Southern Claims Commission applications is about like a 5 year-old digging through a Cracker Jack box for the toy. You never know what you might get… sometimes something really cool, other times you end up a little disappointed. O.K., O.K…. I’m on the level about the thrill, but regarding the […]
Southern Unionists around Fredericksburg
December 8, 2012
by Robert Moore
As Sesqui events kick-off in Fredericksburg this weekend, leading-up to the anniversary of the battle this coming Thursday, I figured this would be a good subject to bring forward at this particular time. In retrospect, it might have been a good thing to do since the beginning of the Sesquicentennial… write short pieces, now and then, in conjunction […]
Bloggers and engagement: an exercise
December 7, 2012
by Robert Moore
I kinda figured this would come before my Southern Unionist post, so… pardon the slight alteration in path… Could it have been approached in a more effective and rewarding way? Perhaps. Allow me to approach this from a different angle. The intent remains the same and it is nothing to be taken personally… I mean it. […]
Posted in: American Civil War, blogging
Saving work… something most of us will regret not doing… maybe
December 7, 2012
by Robert Moore
I cringe somewhat for bringing this up, because I don’t want it to sound like this blog is turning into a WordPress Basics blog, but… considering concerns voiced about the preservation of content in comments from my post ”What’s the future look like for your blogged labors of love?“, I thought it might be a good idea to remind folks […]
Posted in: Administrative Stuff, blogging
Jackson’s gone
December 6, 2012
by Robert Moore
Some might expect to see this title this coming May. Others might get what I’m saying, realizing that I’m referring to Jackson leaving the Valley, 150 years ago last month. As things were I just wasn’t able to post within the Sesqui envelope, in conjunction with the actual dates… but it was on my mind […]
A little “sensory history” & volunteer time at Harpers Ferry
December 4, 2012
by Robert Moore
We see; we touch; we hear… but can we smell and taste history as much? Granted, it might be a good thing that we don’t always smell and taste what might have been encountered in the mid-19th century. There are exceptions, however… and certainly, the smells and tastes associated with food rank at the top. So, […]
What’s the future look like for your blogged labors of love?
December 4, 2012
by Robert Moore
Ron’s comment in my previous post was enough to send me down another path… After all your hard work… what’s the future look like for that content you labored so long in putting on the Web? Considering the way in which we, as bloggers, celebrate milestones in blogging (someone hits 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 posts, etc) … frankly, that’s a […]
Civil War blogging… content delivery or controversy delivery?
December 1, 2012
by Robert Moore
UPDATE: **If there are still those who are critical of this post and my “agenda” in doing so, it’s not complicated. Look at my education in the “About Me” tab, at the top of this blog… a masters in history, and a masters in tech comm (with heavy emphasis on Web theory). This post was […]
The widow of a refugee
November 17, 2012
by Robert Moore
A few months back I ran across the claim of Rebecca Spigle. At first glance (a quick look at that), I saw that her husband died while a refugee. I get the thought that some opted to become refugees… and her husband, Samuel (not to be confused with Samuel Spiggle, of the 2nd Virginia Infantry… […]
Veterans
November 11, 2012
by Robert Moore
From the march with Braddock in western Pennsylvania; in the fight at Point Pleasant; to places such as Fort Mifflin, Saratoga, Monmouth, Ninety-Six, and Yorktown… From the “Quasi-War”, to various defensive posts in 1812… From Manassas to nearly every fight in the east, and many in the west, through until Appomattox and the Bennett Place… […]
Posted in: Ancestral tidbits
The Burwells of “Glenvin” (not “Carter Hall”), and one of the real “Undefeated”
October 30, 2012
by Robert Moore
Writing when the mood strikes… I should write a post specifically focused on that… but… not today. Still, there are indeed certain “triggers” that prompt me to write about certain things on certain days… and today, it just so happens to be a situation in which the Sesqui (though I’m a little off by over […]
Not ready for prime time Rev War history… here in the Valley?
October 27, 2012
by Robert Moore
When folks think about Rev War stuff in the Winchester area they might think of Washington’s Office (though it’s French & Indian War), Daniel Morgan, Lord Fairfax (as one might expect… a Loyalist during the Rev War) and so on. Just to the east, in Clarke County… between Boyce and Berryville… folks get another dose of […]
Posted in: Shenandoah Valley history, slavery
A larger project in the works
October 25, 2012
by Robert Moore
Obviously, I’ve not been writing a great deal over the past few weeks. For one, I’ve been struggling with a bout of writer’s block. On top of that I’m battling with content… what I want to put in a blog, and what I want to put in a book. Yup, a book is in the […]
“Civilized” Moonshine… is just wrong
October 19, 2012
by Robert Moore
Earlier this morning, I took a “stroll” through FaceBook entries and saw one* which revealed a photo of a clear bourbon glass… the contents of said glass were ice cubes and… Moonshine. On top of that, it was served at Skyland, on the Skyline Drive. As if instinctively, I felt my soul seem to cry out… “Oh, […]
Folklorist in a can?
October 3, 2012
by Robert Moore
I was surfing the Web the other day and ran across a couple university pages in which Folklore is the focus of masters degrees. I have to say, it felt a bit strange to see such a thing. Even as one who holds two masters degrees, I feel as if the art of the folklorist/storyteller […]
Schmucker’s ties to the Shenandoah Valley Lutheran community, and his abolitionist interests
September 28, 2012
by Robert Moore
This past weekend, reader/blogger Vince (of Lancaster at War) suggested something that sounded worth further investigation… and I was soon on the hunt, looking to see how Samuel Simon Schmucker may have impacted Lutheran ministers in the Shenandoah Valley. Since Schmucker was head of the Gettysburg Seminary during the decades (to be specific, 1826-1864) leading-up […]
What’s in the bag?
September 28, 2012
by Robert Moore
Things… … inanimate things. But, it’s not things in general that I’m considering here. No. Rather, it’s things having been bought, that we walk away with when leaving historical places… and… it’s historical things that we can buy. What is the purpose of these things? As I grow older, I see them differently than I once […]
German influence in the Shenandoah Valley… even into the Civil War
September 23, 2012
by Robert Moore
I posed a question yesterday… But, how far back, before the 1850s, is it necessary to take such a study? Of course, I meant, specifically… how the varying sentiments during the Civil War era South came to be… and how they might be traceable to earlier points in time. Again, as one who concentrates heavily […]
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