This is the grave of P.G.T. Beauregard. Born in 1818 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Beauregard grew up in the sugar planting elite, meaning slaves, slaves, slaves. He was the.
This is the grave of John Bell Hood, Traitor in Defense of Slavery. Born in 1831 in Owingsville, Kentucky, Hood grew up a rich kid. His father was a doctor,.
This is the grave of Sullivan Ballou. Born in 1829 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Ballou grew up pretty wealthy, despite his father dying when he was young. He went to.
This is the grave of James Longstreet. Born in 1821 in Edgefield, South Carolina, a center of the southern planter elite, Longstreet grew up in those traditions. His father, like.
This is the grave of Lucy Pickens. Born in 1832 on her family's plantation near LaGrange, Tennessee, Lucy Holcomb grew up at the peak of the southern elite. She went.
This is the grave of Joshua Hill. Born in 1812 in Abbeville, South Carolina, Hill went to the common schools, then studied for the law, and then passed the bar..
This is the grave of Edwin Jemison. Born in 1844 in Milledgeville, Georgia, Jemison grew up in the slaveholding class. Like many southern slavers, the family invested in new lands.
As I mentioned a couple of weeks back, I am preparing to teach the Civil War course this fall. So this summer, I am doing more reading than usual in.
