Monthly Archives: August 2014

Daniel Boyd Aug. 20, 1864 – We have paid them for blowing up our line – The Crater

Tweet On Aug. 20, 1864, Daniel Boyd wrote his father from their camp on the former Cedar Run battlefield.  He is very relieved to be out of the Petersburg Siege line.  The 7th South Carolina had been transferred to Early’s … Continue reading

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A Confederate General from Big Sur by Richard Brautigan

Tweet A Confederate General from Big Sur By Richard Brautigan Reviewed by J. Keith Jones This little book is as strange as it is interesting. I did not know about Richard Brautigan until recently. When suddenly I heard about him … Continue reading

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