Born at the midpoint of the Civil War, Santayana captures the Confederate legacy in a line
1863, December 16: In the middle of the Civil War, far away, George Santayana is born in Madrid, Spain. He …
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Ann Burwell Latane Ware writes to sister of battle south of Tappahannock
1863, March 6: Letter from Ann Elizabeth Burwell (Latane) Ware to Jannette Roane (Latane) Campbell (sisters born at Mahockney). Mahockney …
Tappahannock civilian to (briefly) occupying Yankees: “If I were able I would kill every damn one of you where you stand”
April 14, 1862: Union forces made the first of what would be for landings at Tapphannock during the war. The …
1861, May 23: Virginia’s Decline and Fall in light of Gibbon, Spengler, Wilde and Waugh
1861, May 23: Virginia voters approve secession, thus finally (to my mind) reaching bottom in the Commonwealth’s descent from the …
Election Day results
1860, Nov. 6: The fateful Election Day. Lincoln wasn’t even on the ballot in ten of the eleven Southern states …
Lincoln splits no rails in Essex County.
In the 1860 election, Essex County was divided. Severely. There were four men on the presidential ballot. John Bell, who …
John Bell plays the Slavery card
1860, May 9: The Constitutional Union Party held its convention in Baltimore, and wound up nominating John Bell of Tennessee, …
1859 April 13 Cousin John Latane at UVA before the War
John Latane, born at The Meadows and first-cousin to the Mahockney Latanes, was a University of Virginia student in the …
Where Lincoln was Wrong: The “House Divided” Speech by Abraham Lincoln
1858, June 16: In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech on his nomination for the U.S. Senate …
The death and legacy of the Richmond Junto
1851: The final death of the Richmond Junto In Ammon’s words (“the Richmond Junto” article), ” The instrument of its power …
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