Posted on April 16, 2008 by cenantua
Yes, and some people just don’t get it. I mean, I know there are a lot of people out there who understand just what I’m getting ready to say, but I think most people just don’t understand “us.” What does it mean to be obsessed with the Civil War? This is no simple discussion when [...]
Filed under: American Civil War, Civil War Memory - General | Tagged: 7th Virginia Cavalry, Captain Samuel Brown Coyner, Civil War memory, Civil War obsession, Civil War passion, Civil War soldier, Civil War Trails signs, Civil War-era houses, Cumberland Valley, Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry, Harrisonburg, Massanutten Rangers, Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church, Rt. 42, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources markers | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 14, 2008 by cenantua
I didn’t learn about Edwin Arthur Emerson until about a year or so ago. I think the thing that most intrigued me was that, while I had been fascinated with the soldier family members who had served in the war, I did not realize that I had a family member present, on stage, on the [...]
Filed under: American Civil War, Ancestral tidbits, Civil War Memory - General, Reflections on "personal memory" of the Civil War | Tagged: 17th Virginia Infantry, 33rd Virginia Infantry, 3rd Maryland Cavalry (US), 7th Virginia Cavalry, Abraham Lincoln, Actress Si Snider, Alexandria, Edwin Arthur Emerson, Emerald Grays, Florence Trenchard, Ford Stock Company, Ford's Theatre, Frayser's Farm, Harrison A. Emmerson, Henry K. Emerson, Jeff Davis, Jennie Gourlay, John Simpson Emmerson, John Wilkes Booth, Laura Keene, Lincoln assasination, Lord Dundreary, Massanutten Rangers, Our American Cousin, Page County, Theatre Magazine, Vicksburg, Virginia, William W. Emmerson | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2008 by cenantua
Quick story today…
A couple of years ago, I ran into a gentleman in the Shenandoah Valley who proudly announced to me that he had a sword used by his great-grandfather (Perry Francis Cave) in the Civil War. I was greatly interested and asked him his ancestor’s unit. That was not so readily available, but there [...]
Filed under: "Shuffled" memory of the Civil War, American Civil War, Civil War Memory - General | Tagged: "Shuffled" Civil War memory, 66th Ohio Infantry, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate headstone, Francis Perry Cave, Perry Francis Cave, Stonewall Brigade, Turner Ashby, Washington John Irvin Cave | No Comments »
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