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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for March 6-8, 1865
As General Grant tightened his grip on Richmond, and Sherman was coming up from behind, residents of the city looked forward fearfully to its evacuation by General Lee’s army. Saturday, March 4, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) … Continue reading
This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for March 4-5, 1865
NOTE: General Jubal Early commanded the last Confederate force in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. On March 2, 1865, in an encounter at Waynesboro with cavalry units under Union General Philip H. Sheridan, Early’s army was defeated, routed, and for all practical … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Diaries, Generals, The Confederacy
Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate army, Confederate deserters, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, John Beauchamp Jones, Jubal Early, Richmond, RonElFran, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Union General Philip H. Sheridan, Virginia
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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for March 1-3, 1865
Wednesday, March 1, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) was a writer who worked in the Confederate War Department in Richmond during the war. His diary was published in 1866 as “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Confederates, Black soldiers, Campaigns, Diaries, Slavery, The Confederacy
Tagged black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, Emma LeConte, John Beauchamp Jones, prisoner of war, Richmond, RonElFran, the Confederate States Capital, Virginia
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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for Feb 28, 1865
Tuesday, February 28, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) was a writer who worked in the Confederate War Department in Richmond during the war. His diary was published in 1866 as “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Confederates, Black soldiers, Campaigns, Diaries, Slavery, The Confederacy
Tagged black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, Emma LeConte, Governor Joseph E. Brown, Jewish Confederate soldier, John Beauchamp Jones, Judith Brockenbrough McGuire, Louis Leon, prisoner of war, Richmond, RonElFran, Staunton, Staunton Spectator, the Confederate States Capital, Virginia
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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for Feb 26-27, 1865
Sunday, February 26, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) was a writer who worked in the Confederate War Department in Richmond during the war. His diary was published in 1866 as “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Confederates, Black soldiers, Campaigns, Diaries, Slavery, The Confederacy
Tagged A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, Augusta County, black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, Emma LeConte, John Beauchamp Jones, Joseph Waddell, Richmond, RonElFran, Staunton, Staunton Spectator, Virginia
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