Tag: first person accounts
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The “Confederate Column” in the Richmond Times Dispatch: A Gold Mine of First Person Accounts
Recently K. S. McPhail, who runs the excellent New Kent County History web site, has been sending me a ton of excellent first person accounts from post-war newspapers, many of which you’ll find on my Siege of Petersburg Postwar Newspaper accounts page. The articles Mr. McPhail has been sending along are mostly from papers which […]
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Wanted: Siege of Petersburg Newspaper Accounts
One of the really cool things about being a Civil War blogger or web master is the camaraderie you find out out there from others who share your passion. Since I started The Siege of Petersburg Online in August 2009, I’ve had many people contact me out of the blue with very interesting items which […]