– Secesh quote machine Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston rips into her family for clinging to “the old striped rag.” – Auction house expects “rag” that flew above Fort Fisher to fetch 25 G’s. – Ah, to be a black vulture in Pisgah National Forest.
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Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged black vultures, catherine ann devereaux edmondston, civil war flags, fort fisher, pisgah national forest on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Saving family papers from ‘vile Yankee drawl’
Posted in On This Day, tagged appomattox, catherine ann devereaux edmondston, halifax county on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1865: Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston, wife of a Halifax County planter, writes in her journal after hearing the news from Appomattox: “How can I write it? How find words to tell what has befallen us? Gen. Lee has surrendered! Surrendered the remnant of his noble Army to an overwhelming horde of [...]
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