Category Archives: Diamond Hill

Tweet On April 26, 1863, Fenton Hall writes his father-in-law, Robert Boyd from his camp in Adams Run, South Carolina. He is writing to thank Mr. Boyd for working his land for him while he is away at the war. … Continue reading →

Tweet On May 7, 1863, Daniel Boyd wrote his father from the 7th South Carolina’s camp about what he saw at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He tells him about the wounding of Stonewall Jackson. He says that the Yankees had … Continue reading →

Tweet On March 26, 1863, Fenton Hall wrote his wife Mary Jane — the sister of the Boyd brothers of Diamond Hill — again from his camp in Adams Run, South Carolina in the defense of Charleston and the coast … Continue reading →

Tweet On February 21, 1863 Daniel Boyd wrote his father, Robert Boyd, from his camp in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Rumors held that the Seventh S.C. would soon be moving from their camp in Fredericksburg. They believed they would soon move to … Continue reading →

Tweet On February 18, 1863 Fenton Hall once again wrote his wife, Mary Jane, from his camp in Rantowles, South Carolina — about ten miles east of Charleston along the Charleston and Savannah Rail Road. He indicates that the Sixth … Continue reading →

Tweet On February 6, 1863 Fenton Hall finished a letter he began two days earlier. Writing his wife, Mary Jane, from his camp in Rantowles, South Carolina — about ten miles east of Charleston along the Charleston and Savannah Rail … Continue reading →

Tweet Two letters in the collection were written on Jan. 15, 1863.  The first was written by Captain Robert Chatham, Thomas’s company commander in the 19th S.C.  Capt. Chatham sadly reported on Thomas’s death in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Dec. 31, … Continue reading →

Tweet On January 13, 1863, Daniel Boyd wrote his father from his camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He provides some additional details about the Battle of Fredericksburg. He also talks of receiving a letter from his brother Thomas in the Western … Continue reading →