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Episodes tagged "Confederate Army": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Threats from a Union Leader to a Confederate Leader
    date November 11, 1864map RICHMOND, Virginiatags John S. Mosby, Confederate Army, Civil War

    Colonel John S. Mosby of the 1st Virginia Cavalry was known as the “Grey Ghost” because of his ability to elude and disappear from his Union opponents in the Civil War.  His thoughts and memories are captured in a collection of writings that he wrote throughout the Civil War.  These writings span from his early adulthood in 1855 to the end of the Civil War in 1865.  One letter specifically written...

  2. The Conferderate Uniform was on fire!
    date April 5, 1862map FREDERICK, Virginiatags Confederate Army, Civil War

    The letters written from a Confederate soldier to his “Charming Nelly” tell the stories of a Confederate regiment throughout the Civil War.  Between 1862 and 1864, J.B. Polley, the Confederate soldier, wrote 28 different letters to the same person.  Curiously, “Charming Nelly” was someone who Polley had only met three times in his life and all three meetings were very brief.  Polley joined...