Shot by some Col. for misbehavior
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I have met a lot of the soldiers of the Maryland Campaign of 1862 and seen many of their stories, but this one may take the cake. Irish-born Richard Rogers had been a shoemaker in Carroll (now East Carroll) Parish… continue reading
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Mother is very uneasy about you
From the context of the letter below, Morgan O Taliaferro was a young, single man when he enlisted in New Orleans in the First Louisiana Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. He was a prisoner in Maryland for the first time… continue reading
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He fought like a hero
26 year old Sergeant Henry W Fullenwider of Company K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry was wounded in the thigh and side at Sharpsburg in September 1862 and was a prisoner in US Army hospitals on the field and in Frederick,… continue reading
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Grecian style couch of figured maple and cane (c. 1815)
Benjamin Huger (1768-1823) of Georgetown, SC … ordered “eighteen maple chairs with cushions, neat and fashionable but without gilding and two sofas d[itt]o to answer the above” from New York suppliers … continue reading
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Blog turns 20, gets facelift
This blog has had the same design since my first post in March 2006, and this 20th anniversary was a good time to spruce it up. 20 years is like 100 in internet-years. continue reading
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The Warrenton Tragedies (1869)
Charles Wallace was the son of a prominent Atlanta businessman and politician, and first enlisted for war service in May 1861 with the First Georgia Infantry at age 17. When they were disbanded in early 1862 he enlisted again, as… continue reading
