Sunday, November 29, 2009

C.S.S. Morgan, Confederate Navy (Served in The Battle of Mobile Bay).

This is the classic book written about Joseph Fry > Life of Capt. Joseph Fry, the Cuban martyr: Being a faithful record of his remarkable career from childhood to the time of his heroic death at the hands ... service of the late civil war in American

Captain - Joseph Fry (born June 14th, 1826, Tampa, Florida-died trying to liberate Cuba (The Virginius Affair, where 53 including Joseph Fry were excecuted, by Spanish authorities, November 7, 1873). He was the son of Samuel Fry and Marie Louise Senac. He was married to Agnes Eveline Sands, sister of Lt. Colonel Robert Sands, of the 3rd Alabama Infantry (and the famous Mobile Cadet's).
Joseph Fry is held in high esteem by Cuban's, both on the Island and in Exile. He is considered a Martyr, for the cause of Cuban Independece, and even under the Terrorist and Communist Regime, of Fidel and Raul Castro, his tomb is very well maintained, and Flag's are flown, in his honor and memory.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Joseph Emerson Brown, Confederate Governor of Georgia 1861-1865.

Joseph Emerson Brown (born April 15th, 1821-died November 30th, 1894) was elected Govenor of Georgia in 1857 and served until 1865. He held other political office's after the war and is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

50th Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - John C. Coltart
Lt. Colonel - G.W. Howard, William D. Chadick
Major's - T.H. Gilbert, John C. Hutto

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cobb's Legion, Georgia, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Thomas R.R. Cobb,
Lt. Colonel's - Richard B. Garnett, Luther J. Glenn, G.B. Knight, Jefferson Lamar
Major's - E. F. Bagley, Thomas Camak, William D. Conyers, W.W. McDaniel

Friday, November 6, 2009

7th Louisiana Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Harry T. Hays, David B. Penn
Lt. Colonel's - Charles DeChoiseul (died of wound's recieved in battle, June 22nd, 1862), Thomas M. Terry
Major - J. Moore Wilson

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

25th Louisiana Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Stuart W. Fisk, Joseph C. Lewis, Francis C. Zacharie
Lt. Colonel - Calvin H. Moore

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Washington and Lee University 200th Anniversary of Founding, United States Postal Service 3 Cent Stamp, 1949.


The United States Postal Service put out a stamp honoring the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Washington and Lee University, in 1749. The stamp show's George Washington (Born February 22nd, 1732-died December 14th, 1799), the first President of The United States of America and Robert Edward Lee (born January 19th, 1807-died October 12th, 1870), Commanding General of the Confederate Army, of Northern Virginia.

Monday, November 2, 2009

33rd North Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's -Clark M. Avery, Lawrence O. Branch, Robert V. Cowan
Lt. Colonel's - Robert F. Hoke, J.H. Saunder's
Major's - William G. Lewis, Thomas W. Mayhew, James A. Weston