Category Archives: Diamond Hill

See you in Abbeville!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Tweet I am looking forward to my visit to Abbeville, SC for the Olde South Thanksgiving Celebration tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 19). I hope to see lots of old friends out there and hopefully make many new friends there. Come on … Continue reading →

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Abbeville, SC This Saturday, Nov. 19th

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Tweet This Saturday, those in the South Carolina Upstate region will get an opportunity to come out and see me in the home county of the Boyd brothers from “The Boys of Diamond Hill” — Abbeville County, South Carolina. I … Continue reading →

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150 Years ago on Diamond Hill

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On November 11, 1861, Daniel and Pressley Boyd wrote a letter to their father which they both signed. They have come … Continue reading →

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150 Years Ago – Boys of Diamond Hill

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. October 24, 1861: Pressley Boyd writes a letter to his brothers and sisters from Rock Run Camp near Centerville, Virginia. The … Continue reading →

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Gallant Soldiers – 14th SC, Co. I

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Tweet For those interested in the South Carolina Volunteers during the War for Southern Independence, there is a fresh new book out. “Gallant Soldiers, Four Years with McCalla Rifles” by E. Wayne Wilson details the history of Company I, Fourteenth … Continue reading →

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Now I’m International!

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Tweet While checking out WorldCat.org — where you can find where a book is in networked libraries around the world — today I found that “The Boys of Diamond Hill” can now be checked out from Cambridge University in the … Continue reading →

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Today at Stone Mountain

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

Tweet Good day hanging out at the House of Boyd tent at the Stone Mountain Georgia Highland Games. Talked to a lot of people stopping by with Boyd ties about the Boys of Diamond Hill. If you were not there, … Continue reading →

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Stone Mountain, Georgia This Weekend

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Tweet Reminder to my friends who are in the Scottish games circuit or in the Atlanta area, I will be signing books on Saturday (Oct. 15) at the Stone Mountain Highland Games as a guest of the House of Boyd … Continue reading →

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Olde South Thanksgiving – Abbeville, SC

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Tweet I have been invited to be a featured author at the Olde South Thanksgiving and Harvest Festival on the square in Abbeville, SC on November 19, 2011. It will be good to be there in the town that the … Continue reading →

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Today at Bennett Place

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

Tweet Good day at the Bennett Place in Durham for the Road to Secession event. I had a chance to visit with many great people and sell a few books. Thanks to all who came by to see me and … Continue reading →

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