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BEDFORD, Virginia in the 1860s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Lincoln The Monster
    date February 7, 1863 to 1863map BEDFORD, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    On January 7, 1863, the Lynchburg Daily Virginian posted an article that called President Lincoln a monster. Their opinion stated that President Lincoln was instigator of servile insurrection, including amongst his victims helpless women and children. Lincoln should be considered an outlaw and a reward offered for his head. Also, the paper said that a fitting response must be made in response to Lincoln's...

  2. Premature Death of Mary P. Bondurant
    date August 1, 1864map BEDFORD, Virginiatags Health/Death, Women

    Death by disease was a much more present fear then than now. Mrs. Mary B. Bondurant of Bedford County, Virginia, succumbed to consumption at the startlingly young age of thirty-four. She died on August 1st, 1864 in Lynchburg and was survived by her husband, John P. Bondurant. Three of her sisters had already suffered equal fates at the hands of the slow wasting disease. Her obituary, which took up...