Category Archives: Sesquicentennial

Tweet After losing his brother Pressley only days earlier, Daniel marched with the Seventh all night on the 16th from Harper’s Ferry to arrive at Sharpsburg just after 7 a.m. on the 17th. Around 9 a.m. the Seventh with Kershaw’s … Continue reading →

Tweet BOYS OF DIAMOND HILL 150 Years Ago Today – Pressley Boyd Killed on Maryland Heights Early the morning of September 13th, Kershaw’s and Barksdale’s Brigades set out to take Maryland Heights against 1,600 mostly green Yankee troops under the … Continue reading →

Tweet BOYS OF DIAMOND HILL 150 Years Ago Today – 7th SC Embarks on Sharpsburg Campaign As part of the division of Layfayette McLaws and Joseph Kershaw’s Brigade, the 7th South Carolina was temporarily detached from Longstreet’s Corps and assigned … Continue reading →

Tweet Nominated for Best History book of 2012 by the Military Writers Society of America. To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. August 18, 1862, Daniel Boyd wrote their … Continue reading →

Tweet Nominated for Best History book by the Military Writers Society of America. To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. The business of life sometimes sidetracks my staying on … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On July 3, 1862, Thomas Boyd wrote Fenton and Mary Jane Hall from his camp in Tupelo, Mississippi. He discusses getting … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On July 1, 1862, William Boyd — the eldest of the Boyd brothers of Diamond Hill — succumbed to his wounds … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. 150 years ago at the Battle of Frazier’s Farm William Boyd received a severe wound. While serving with the First South … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. William Boyd began a second letter on June 4th to his father noting that Pressley and family friend James Alewine came … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. June 4, 1862; there were two letters from the Boys of Diamond Hill. First, Captain T. Warren Allen, Daniel and Pressley’s … Continue reading →