Month: May 2025

Rufus King Felder and his cousin Miers Martindale Felder enlisted together in July 1861 near their homes in Washington County, TX, and joined the Dixie Blues, later Company E of…

Here's the very image of pre-war South Carolina aristocracy: a young Richard Caspar Simpson, then about 20 years old, posing with his shotgun and hunting dog. He was oldest son…

I've spent hours today trying to untangle the military, family, and burial records that have been attached to William Fitzgerald Dean, late Corporal, 13th Alabama Infantry. I think I have…