by Robert Plumb | Sep 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
After the death of George Washington in 1799 and his wife Martha in 1802, their home, Mount Vernon, was passed down through the family. By the late 1840’s the home was owned by John Augustine Washington and had fallen into great disrepair. One observer...
by Robert Plumb | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why did a bright, young man who was consistently at the top of his class at West Point and who was credited with rescuing the Union Army “from imminent peril” at Gettysburg in 1863, plummet to being called “a very loathsome, profane, ungentlemanly and disgusting...
by Robert Plumb | Jul 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Six-year-old Glenn Worthington and his family took refuge in the cellar of their home while the Battle of Monocacy raged on the fields surrounding them. The battle, fought near Frederick, Maryland, is credited with delaying Confederate troops – led by General...
by Robert Plumb | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are many recorded instances of civilian and soldier interactions during the American Civil War, but surely one of the most touching sessions was recorded by a Pennsylvania infantryman in March 1864 at Warrenton Junction, Virginia. Sergeant George P. McClelland...
by Robert Plumb | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Most women who actively supported the Union cause during the Civil War used the pen as their “weapon” of choice. One notable exception to this was Harriet Tubman. She took on the role as an armed participant in a Union raid on a site deep in Confederate territory in...
by Robert Plumb | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Were the actual facts not so ghastly and heart wrenching, LeRoy Pope Walker’s comments just prior to the start of the Civil War would be laughable: “All the blood spilled as a result of the secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief.” Walker, an Alabama state...
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