Category Archives: Sesquicentennial

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. May 25, 1862; Pressley Boyd writes his father from the hospital in Manchester, Virginia. He and Daniel were both sick at … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. May 18, 1862; William Boyd writes his brother-in-law Fenton Hall from camp in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. There is much talk about … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. May 13, 1862; Daniel Boyd wrote his father from the hospital in Manchester, Virginia. He was sick as had been a … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. May 11, 1862, Thomas Boyd had returned to the Nineteenth South Carolina in Corinth, Mississippi, but had a relapse of his … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. May 1, 1862, Thomas Boyd wrote his father from Mobile, Alabama. Thomas had been there sick with pneumonia since April 20 … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. 150 years ago, April 10, 1862, Thomas Boyd departed with the 19th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry from Charleston, SC for their … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On March 26, 1862 Thomas Boyd wrote his father and siblings back home from Camp Watson near Charleston, South Carolina. The … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. The eldest Boyd brother, William, enlisted on this day 150 years ago — March 19, 1862 — making this the sesquicentennial … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On February 18, 1862, William B. Tucker wrote his uncle Robert Boyd from Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. He was … Continue reading →