by John Fox | May 21, 2015 | Blog
Blogpost 37 While the Civil War in Virginia might have officially ended for General Robert E. Lee’s army on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, the struggle to survive continued for many of his men who remained in Federal prisoner of war camps. Thousands of these...
by John Fox | May 13, 2015 | Exciting News
The Confederate Veteran magazine [March/April 2015] featured my article on the cover to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bloody Battle of Fort Gregg also known as The Confederate Alamo. The article was excerpted from the award-winning book that Angle Valley...
by John Fox | May 13, 2015 | Exciting News
The Spring 2015 issue of The Civil War Monitor magazine in their “Books & Authors” section written by noted Petersburg Campaign Historian and Pamplin Park Director Will Greene included The Confederate Alamo as one of the five best books on the...
by John Fox | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I am very pleased that the March/April 2015 issue of Confederate Veteran featured as their cover article my piece “The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865.” I wrote this article to commemorate the 150th...
by John Fox | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Blogpost 36 In my previous blog I detailed the wounding and capture of a Georgia Confederate soldier from Troup County on the western Georgia line near LaGrange. Private John Rigby from the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment was struck down at the Battle of the...