VIRGINIANS, FOR YOUR LANDS, FOR YOUR HOMES, FOR YOUR SWEETHEARTS, FOR YOUR WIVES!

Wednesday, August 29, 2012



The Union government liberates the enemy’s slaves as it would the enemy’s cattle, simply to weaken them in the conflict. The principle is not that a human being cannot justly own another, but that he cannot own him unless he is LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES.”

London Spectator in reference to the Emancipation Proclamation

Photo: The hilt (hand guard) of a Boyle and Gamble Field and Staff Officers Sword made in Richmond during the war.

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