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The Arsenal ablaze in the distance…

April 18, 2011 by

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This is what Strother sketched from somewhere around Bolivar Heights, for 9:30 p.m., April 18, 1861… noting that the time was earlier than some affix to the event… View from Bolivar Heights, afternoon of April 18, 2011… Marker on Bolivar Heights, recognizing the events of April 18, 1861 (and later that year)… Another view of […]

What the Virginia militia wore…

April 18, 2011 by

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The Jefferson Guard (local, from Jefferson County) wore this blue uniform… While other local militia wore something more along this line… But then, looking at Strother’s sketch from Halltown, it appears there was more of an assortment, with civilian-looking attire being rather dominant… at least around 5 p.m.

About the right time, and, perhaps… at the right place

April 18, 2011 by

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Some people are into this sort of thing, and some aren’t, but for those of us who are… it’s cool to be at a particular place exactly 150 years to the day… and sometimes to within the hour or so… of an event in the Civil War. So, check your watches… the time is currently […]

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