Category Archives: Sesquicentennial

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. Jan. 12, 1862 – Pressley Boyd writes a letter to his brother Thomas from camp in Rock Run, Virginia. Thomas is … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. Jan. 9, 1862 – Pressley Boyd wrote to his father and their sister Sarah. The biggest thing of note in the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On Sept. 22, 1861, Pressley Boyd wrote his father from Flint Hill, Virginia. He is sick again and has been sent … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On September 10, 1861, Pressley Boyd wrote his father from Fairfax, Virginia. He had recovered from his illness and returned to … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. On August 30, 1861, Daniel Boyd wrote a letter to one of his brothers back in Diamond Hill, in Abbeville County, … Continue reading →

Tweet To read the entries thus far for the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here. I apologize for having fallen a bit behind on this Sesquicentennial series. Since I last reported two letters have been written … Continue reading →

Tweet 150 years ago on August 8, 1861, Daniel Boyd wrote his family from Vienna, Virginia. Measles was rampant in the camp. His brother Pressley Boyd and their best friend James Alewine were sick along with most of their messmates. … Continue reading →

Tweet Pressley Boyd wrote his sister — Mary Jane Hall — from Vienna, Virginia on Aug. 4, 1861. He briefly recounts some events from First Manassas. Pressley tells her about a shell exploding “fifteen steps” from him and cutting the … Continue reading →