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Mary Elizabeth Bowser: Union Spy in the Confederate White House
A Hall of Fame Spy To Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the servant girl she may have known as Ellen Bond was a typical slave woman: slow, dim-witted, illiterate. But she did such a good job as … Continue reading
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1863 Confederate Newspaper Predicts the USA in 1963 | Richmond Daily Dispatch
The Reconstructed Union 100 Years After Gettysburg As July 1863 drew to a close, the American Civil War reached its mid-point. The war’s most dramatic events (before the final surrender at Appomattox) had occurred in the first few days of … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War 1863, Confederate newspapers, European intervention, Gettysburg, Historical predictions, Manifest Destiny, Reconstruction era, Richmond Daily Dispatch, Robert E. Lee, US population projections, Vicksburg
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A Union Girl In the South 01: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Dec 1, 1860
I’ve been reading the diary of a young woman who lived in the South during the Civil War. One of the things that makes this diary so interesting is that its author was a staunchly pro-Union young lady living among … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War New Orleans, Civil War Vicksburg, Dora Miller, secessionists
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Ron Franklin’s Civil War
This blog is Civil War BSC: Perspectives of a Black, Southern, Christian. That background gives me a perspective that is, I believe, underrepresented in the Civil War community. I hope you’ll enjoy seeing the Civil War through my eyes. Please … Continue reading
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