Posted on April 11, 2008 by cenantua
No, it wasn’t a standard feeling of those who voted for “secesh,” but I do think it’s worth mentioning (especially in the wake of the quick analysis of the referendum numbers) that some who were anxious for secession and likely voted for it in the referendum, weren’t so eager to defend the very “cause” [...]
Filed under: American Civil War, Civil War Memory - General | Tagged: 33rd Virginia Infantry, Battle of the Wilderness, Dr. James Lee Gillespie, Isaac Shuler, John Lionberger, John Shuler, Page County Virginia, Page Grays, referendum on secession, Reuben Moore Walton, secesh, secession, South Carolina, Southern Unionists, Stonewall Brigade, Virginia | No 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 »
Posted on March 8, 2008 by cenantua
I’ve written about how I am puzzled over the way that those with no familial connections whatsoever have found ”sympathetic connections” with one side or another in the Civil War. I’ve also written about how a person, descended from a Union soldier, had been left with a legacy of forgotten family participation in the war. However, today, I [...]
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