Black Horse Camp #780

Arlington, Virginia, April 20, 1861 General (Winfield Scott): Since my interview with you on the 18th inst. I have felt that I ought no longer to retain my commission in the…

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/harmony-friendship-and-mutual-confidence-would-have-taken-the-place-of-the-bayonet The original public letter from Senator Revels to President Grant was published in several Mississippi newspapers in November 1875. "In conclusion, let me say to you, and through you,…

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/report-of-the-committee-on-foreign-affairs Report published by the C.S.A government explaining to foreign governments why independence was necessary in May 1861. "The real issue involved in the relations between the North and the…

A Cavalry Company of Girls In the early summer of 1862 there were three companies stationed along the foot of Walden's Ridge, in Tennessee Valley, from Sale Creek to Emory…

Confederate Soldier's Letter Shows Feelings I am 82 years of age. My grandfather served the Confederacy under North Carolina Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg.…

Hamilton & Beale Cemetery Maintenance Members of the Black Horse Camp volunteered their Sunday afternoon to mend fences, reset headstones, and clear brush from the graves of Fauquier County Confederate…

The 1607 Project https://youtu.be/W2R9NUfO0H4?si=cM5asnzDsK9OMUT0 https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/1607-project