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ROCKBRIDGE, Virginia in the 1860s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Sickness In the South
    date February 9, 1863map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Health/Death, War

    In the common way of the times during the Civil War one brother would often write to another informing him of events occurring at home while the other brother would write back with news from the battle line. This is what happened in the Bowman family. In one letter dated February 9, 186[3] one brother wrote from home telling his brother about the illness spreading through town. Andy is better but Mary...

  2. War, Resources, and Currency
    date April 27, 1865map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Economy, Law, War

    Not long after General Lee's surrender to General Grant the Lexington Gazette reminded its readers of all it had done and provided for them during the war. To use the words of her editors, the Gazette continued printing " at a cost and trouble of which many of our readers have not the least conception; for if they had, there would not be so many who would still withhold what they owe us for our...

  3. The Great General Lee Becomes President
    date August, 1865 to October, 1870map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags War, Education

    In August 1865 at the age of fifty-eight, only four months after surrendering at Appomattox Robert E. Lee accepted the position of President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. The New York Times talked of Lee in glowing terms about how he accepted this humble position because of noble and patriotic motives. Then added it would only be a short time until people came to love him in...