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, he was related to a lot of politicians, and of course their lifestyle was supported...
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This is the grave of Dick Taylor. Born in 1826 at his family's plantation outside Louisville, Kentucky, Richard Taylor (though always known as Dick, which you don't see so often.
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 many southern fathers, believed that the military was the place for his boy. This was...
This is the grave of Franz Sigel. Born in 1824 in Sinsheim, Baden, in modern Germany, Sigel grew up in the militaristic culture of that place and time, though at.
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. He ended up moving to Monticello, Georgia in 1833, where he started his own practice....
This is the grave of James Carleton. Born in 1814 in Lubec, Maine, Carleton entered the military as soon as he could. He received a commission as a second lieutenant.
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 the period's historiography. One book I read recently was Brian Luskey's Men is Cheap: Exposing...
I'm preparing for my Civil War course this fall and so engaging in some of the recent literature over the summer. I'm presently reading Sarah Handley-Cousins' 2019 book, Bodies in.
Private Joseph Harvey, Co. C, 149th New York Volunteers. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863