Finally I have found the McGruders’ graves at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. I went looking for them once before but without success. I was hoping to get more information about the McGruders from the gravestones, but unfortunately the sto…
Tombstone of Sarah Mytton Maury,her husband and son.City CemeteryFredericksburg VAInscription transcribed below.INMEMORY OFWILLIAM MAURYOF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND;BORN Feb. 5, 1799,DIED OCT. 15, 1849ALSO HIS WIFE,SARAH MYTTON MAURYBORN NOV. 1, 1801.DIED SET…
A new blog called Fredericksburg Remembered has been created. The first two posts concern the slave auction block at the corner of Charles and William Streets in Fredericksburg and present a fascinating discussion of the disputes over this stone. Thi…
I have been working on annotating the Civil War Diary of Betty Herndon Maury, and as an aid to that effort I have been compiling genealogical charts in an effort to identify various people Betty mentions. It is a difficult task, as so many names are r…
Today’s posting at the Mysteries and Conundrum’s blog addresses graffiti created by Civil War soldiers. I have noticed such graffiti in many locations I have visited in Virginia. The author of today’s post has asked: “. . . there must be many antebel…
I am reading Ashes of Glory – Richmond at War by Ernest B. Furguson. It is a fascinating view of how Richmond and her citizens fared during the American Civil War. Highly recommended.
Mysteries and Conundrums, “exploring the Civil War-era landscape at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP in an unofficial sort of way.”This is a wonderful resource!
As I continue work on annotating the Civil War diary of Betty Herndon Maury, I continue to encounter wonderfully helpful people in libraries. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg VA has helped me on several occasions. And now t…
I went to the Virginia Historical Society library today to look at a fragmentary diary kept by Betty Herndon Maury’s sister-in-law, Susan Crutchfield Maury. The library’s record for this diary says it was written in 1864. By chance, I had read the foll…
The weather was not particularly cooperative today – cold and overcast (raining now). Nevertheless I decided to see if I could find Hollywood Cemetery again. It is 7.5 miles from where I live, and I got there with no difficulty. I stopped to purchase …
