Category Archives: Sesquicentennial

Jan. 27, 1863 on Diamond Hill

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Tweet On January 27, 1863 Daniel Boyd wrote his father, Robert Boyd, from his camp in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He had finally gotten word of the death of his brother Thomas. Daniel laments not having a furlough. According to his letter … Continue reading →

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Jan. 15, 1863 on Diamond Hill

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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 →

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Jan. 13, 1863 – Diamond Hill

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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 →

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Jan. 8, 1863 on Diamond Hill

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Tweet On Jan. 8, 1863, Fenton Hall wrote to his wife Mary Jane from his camp near Charleston, South Carolina. His letter talks of conditions in his camp and gives details of all the Abbeville County people about his area … Continue reading →

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Thomas Boyd – Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862

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Tweet Sadly the tragedy for the Boyd family was not finished for 1862. On New Year’s Eve, the 19th South Carolina was involved in the Second Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Stone’s River. Capt. Robert Chatham would report that … Continue reading →

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150 Years Ago on Diamond Hill

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Tweet In preparing for the holiday season, a couple of sesquicentennial events in the Diamond Hill world have slipped by. I will catch them up now. December 13, 1862, Fenton Hall writes a letter home to his wife, Mary Jane … Continue reading →

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Fredericksburg Nov. 28, 1862

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Tweet On November 28, 1862 Daniel Boyd writes his father, Robert Boyd, from Fredericksburg, Virginia. The 7th South Carolina had marched there from Culpepper on the 17th. As he writes this letter Daniel is preparing to go down to the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Boyd Nov. 26, 1862

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Tweet On November 26, 1862, Thomas Boyd found himself in the hospital in Dalton, Georgia. It is from there that he writes his sister, Mary Jane Hall. He had once again been battling pneumonia, this time for a month. Compounding … Continue reading →

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November 14, 1862 on Diamond Hill

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Tweet On November 14, 1862, Daniel Boyd wrote a letter to his father Robert Boyd. He was writing from Culpepper, Virginia. It appears to be incomplete as it ends abruptly and is unsigned. From the subjects discussed and the people … Continue reading →

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Oct. 3, 1862 on Diamond Hill

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Tweet On this day, 150 years ago, Daniel Boyd wrote his father a letter from his camp near Winchester, Virginia reporting on the death of his brother Pressley. He also gives details from the battle up on Maryland Heights as … Continue reading →

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