Tag Archives: Shenandoah Valley
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
The predominant narrative of the Civil War era regarding the Shenandoah Valley is that the Valley had comparatively little slavery, especially compared with the Tidewater area of Virginia, hence it was not as important as in other areas of Virginia, with the exception of what become West Virginia. Additionally, the Valley had little in common […]
A Confederate Love Affair: Was This the Most Romantic Couple of the Civil War?
This interview with the noted historian William C. “Jack” Davis is from the Winter 2023 issue of America’s Civil War magazine. “Civil War historian William C. ‘Jack’ Davis, retired professor of American History at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, recently collaborated with Sue Bell on a project to edit letters dating from 1863 to 1865 between Sue […]
Worthy of a Higher Rank
This book by Scott Patchan contains Colonel Joseph Thoburn’s journal from the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Thoburn’s grandson published the typescript of the journal in 1914, and Mr. Patchan was able to make contact with Thoburn’s great-great granddaughter, who had the original journal, “which contains a few key passages revealing Thoburn’s opinions on his commanders […]
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