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- The Alston-Ward Duel
1837
LEON, Florida
Crime/ViolenceAt long last George T. Ward would have his satisfaction. Ward blamed his younger brother's death on Augustus Alston. Ward's anger had been building for months but soon he would have a chance to quench insatiable desire for revenge. The venue was none other than Tallahassee's unofficial dueling ground Houston's Hill. For Ward, Alston's actions disrespected his family and violated his honor. This merited...
- Overseer's Place on a Southern Plantation
1864 HENRY, Virginia Agriculture, Economy, Slavery
In 1864 Thomas D. Bouldin was hired on a plantation in Henry County, Virginia. He signed a contract with Beverly Jones, a plantation owner and in this contract Thomas bound himself to the duties of a slave overseer. Thomas was given a list of assignments that he was to regularly do and another list of things he could do if he was finished with his own. The contract set that Thomas was set to receive...
- Families Split
April 27, 1861 to 1864 HENRICO, Virginia Health/Death, War, Women
After leaving Richmond on his way to Harper's Ferry, Thomas Jackson quickly wrote his wife Mary Anna on April 27, 1861 telling her of his reassignment. The Governor appointed him Colonel of the Virginia Volunteers; he was honored to hold such an independent position but warned Mary Anna, whom he affectionately called little one, that they would probably not be able to correspond for quite some time....
- Frederick County Meeting
December 14, 1860 FREDERICK, Virginia Government, Law, Politics, Slavery, War
On December 14, 1860, just six days before South Carolina seceded from the United States of America, men in Frederick County, Virginia met to discuss the possible results of secession and how to go about preventing it. Mr. Conrad delivered a speech on the subject to the meeting in which he discussed the ills inflicted on the southern states by the North such as disregard for run away slave laws and...