Publisher’s Weekly, Volume 68, page 567Review of A Southern Girl in ‘61 by Louise Wigfall Wright

Confederate Veteran, Volume 28, 1920, page 420Four Remarkable BiographiesReviews of the books of four southern women of the 1860s who have written biographies and memoirs:Memoirs of Jefferson Davis by Varina DavisMemoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary An…

The President Enters the Confederate CapitalPart II of With Lincoln From Washington to Richmond in 1865by John S. BarnesAppleton’s Magazine, Volume 9, January – June 1907, page 742,

The work done by Matthew Fontaine Maury, Betty’s father, during the American Civil War is chronicled in this book by his son, Richard L. Maury, the brother referred to as Dick in Betty’s diary.A Brief Sketch of the Work of Matthew Fontaine Maury During…

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.