Spotsylvania Memory

Saturday, September 28, 2013

"My dear daughter"

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Lizzie Houston      One of the advantages of being a daughter of George Washington Houston was that your father could afford to send yo...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

The Journal of Absalom Row

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The slaves of Absalom Row, spring 1825      During a research trip to Spotsylvania earlier this month, a family artifact that had been ...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

"To The Troopers of Spotsylvania"

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George Washington Estes Row (right)      During his service in the Confederate cavalry , George Washington Estes Row (1843-1883) served...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Images once lost, now found-Part 2

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Nannie Row      Nannie Row (1831-1889), known to many as "Aunt Nan," was the only sister of my great grandfather who never mar...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Images once lost, now found

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Absalom Row      During the past week a number of photographs--some of which have not been seen by any living person until now--have be...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Faces at Middletown

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National Park Service display at Middletown, Virginia      Not long ago the National Park Service's Cedar Creek and Belle Grove sit...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

"The horses are actually starving to death"

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George Washington Estes Row, about 1870      Among my family's papers are many documents that shed light on the issues and events o...
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In my companion blogs, Spotsylvania Memory and Rockbridge Memory, I tell the stories of some of Virginia's richly documented historical families. Drawing on original photographs, letters and other source material, I seek to provide an intimate look at the lives of some remarkable people who lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries. My book, "No Matter What Befalls Me: Virginia Families at War and Peace," was published in 2015. It is available from the Orange County Historical Society at: https://shop.orangecovahist.org/shop?olsPage=products/w1502&olsFocus=false All original material in this blog copyrighted 2016.
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