Spotsylvania Memory

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The mystery house

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This photograph taken in 1966 in (I assume) Spotsylvania was recently discovered in my family's archive. If any of my readers rec...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Of squirrels slain, and a brother lost

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Sunshine, as it looked in the 1950s      Most of us who are parents have had the experience of teaching our children to write notes to ...
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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...
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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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