Tag: Civil War

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 348

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 11, 2018

This is the grave of the vile traitor Albert Sidney Johnston. Born in 1803 in Washington, Kentucky, he was educated first at Transylvania University in Lexington and then at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point. He was at both places the same time as future traitor-in-chief Jefferson Davis and they got to know each […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 344

By Erik Loomis

On October 31, 2018

This is the grave of Mary Custis Lee. Born in 1807, Mary Custis was born into the highest ranking of the Virginia elite. She was Martha Washington’s great-granddaughter after all. She was very c

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 337

By Erik Loomis

On October 14, 2018

This is the grave of the vile traitor Robert E. Lee. There isn’t much reason to provide a complete biography of someone like Lee, who is extremely well-known. So a couple of points. First, despi

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 333

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 2, 2018

This is the grave of Joseph Johnston. Born in 1807 in a plantation house near Farmville, Virginia to Virginia elite, Johnston attended West Point where he did well and graduated in 1829. He stayed in the military only until 1837, but then he worked for the military as a civilian engineer and was nearly killed […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 329

By Erik Loomis

On September 20, 2018

This is the grave of the traitor Fitzhugh Lee. Born in 1835 in Claremont, Virginia, Lee was part of the famous elite Lee family that included the traitor general Robert E. Lee and Harry Lighthorse Lee

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 312

By Erik Loomis

On August 21, 2018

This is the grave of the traitor Jefferson Davis. Unfortunately born in 1808 in Kentucky, Davis’ family moved when he was a child, first to Louisiana and then to Mississippi. The family was upwa

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 302/Dead Horses in American History, Part 19

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 9, 2018

This is the grave of Traveller, the horse of the traitor Lee. Traveller was born in 1857 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, which is now part of West Virginia. He won several awards in show contests in his early life. In 1861, the South committed treason in defense of slavery. The military effort of this was […]

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 286

By Erik Loomis

On July 20, 2018

This is the grave of the traitor J.E.B. Stuart. James Ewell Brown Stuart was born in 1833 on a plantation near the Virginia-North Carolina border. His family had long political and military connection

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I Feel That Grant Would Have Deployed a T-Rex Regiment Quite Effectively

By Erik Loomis

On July 3, 2018

The South produces some, uh, interesting ideas about the Civil War. Dinosaur Kingdom II in Virginia is a sci-fi alt-history theme park in which dinosaurs defeat the Union Army. We asked the creator ab

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 260

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 23, 2018

This is the grave of Edwin Stanton. Born in 1814 in Steubenville, Ohio, Stanton was a sickly boy, afflicted with asthma. His father was a reasonably successful doctor but when he died in 1827, the family was flung into poverty. Young Edwin started working for a bookseller and managed to go to Kenyon College for […]

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When Civil War Reenactors Shoot Themselves With Their Old-Timey Weapons

By Erik Loomis

On June 5, 2018

My contempt for the historical reenactor community knows no bounds. History is not about playing dress up and pretending you are in the past, especially given how the reenacting community largely eras

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Fort Monroe

By Erik Loomis

On May 6, 2018

I haven’t blogged in a few days because I’ve been spending your generous donations seeing graves of many of the most despicable humans in American history. And a few good ones too. But rea

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