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May 6, 1864 – Andrew Boyd Wounded in Wilderness

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Tweet On May 6, 1864, Andrew Boyd — the youngest of the Boyd family — after a long overnight forced march entered into his first major action after entering the Confederate army… the Battle of the Wilderness. On May 4, … Continue reading →

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April 28, 1864, Daniel Boyd – We will have to go where the most fighting will be done

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Tweet Daniel Boyd rejoined his brother Andrew in the camp for the 7th South Carolina on April 26, 1864. On the 28th he would write their father Robert Boyd from camp. He reports on the health of all the home … Continue reading →

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April 22, 1864, Andrew Boyd – Our country calls us and we must obey

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Tweet On April 22, 1864, Andrew Boyd wrote a letter home to his father, Robert Boyd. Daniel had still not returned to the the Seventh S.C. which was camped at Gordonsville, Virginia. Andrew’s letter mentions being in camp with McGowan’s … Continue reading →

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Unlikely Allies by Fetzer and Mowday

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Tweet Unlikely Allies: Fort Delaware’s Prison Community in the Civil War By Dale Fetzer and Bruce Mowday Stackpole Books Reviewed by Keith Jones Unlikely Allies is a very thorough history of the famed POW camp on a tiny island in … Continue reading →

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My Heritage in Hollywood Cemetery – Part 2

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Tweet In part 1 of this post, I related the story about my 3x great uncle, Sgt. James V. Jones, Jr. who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Frazier’s Farm.  He lay beneath the soil in Hollywood Cemetery in … Continue reading →

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My Heritage in Hollywood Cemetery – Part 1

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Tweet On my recent trip to Richmond, Virginia, I finally had a chance to hunt down the graves of my family members buried there. I had been there once before, but that time I didn’t have much time and had … Continue reading →

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Boys of Diamond Hill 150 Years Ago

Posted on March 26, 2014 by

Tweet I have fallen a bit behind on my Sesquicentennial series for the Boys of Diamond Hill. Here are three things that happened 150 years ago this year. On February 10, 1864, the Boyd family’s participation in the Confederate army … Continue reading →

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Book review: The true story of Andersonville prison : a defense of Major Henry Wirz (1908)

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

Tweet The true story of Andersonville prison : a defense of Major Henry Wirz (1908) By James Madison Page (6th Michigan Cavalry) Reviewed by Keith Jones I suppose some people just can’t be bought. Such appears to be the case … Continue reading →

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Audiobook version of Death Comes to Redhawk

Posted on February 23, 2014 by

Tweet Today I finished listening to the audio version of R. G. Yoho’s fine book, Death Comes to Redhawk. This selection is available through Audible.com. His other books will be coming soon and I plan to listen even though I … Continue reading →

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Robert Boyd’s arrival in America

Posted on February 7, 2014 by

Tweet Research is a funny thing. Just because you have published a book on a subject doesn’t mean that your research has finished. Perhaps I will reach a point in my life where I may put something away and move … Continue reading →

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