by John Fox | Apr 2, 2011 | Blog
As I write this just after dark on April 2, exactly 146-years ago Robert E. Lee’s men began to pull out of their Petersburg lines and head toward the bridges to cross the Appomattox River and escape from Petersburg. Their sad trek would end a week later at Appomattox...
by John Fox | Mar 22, 2011 | Blog
Last Wednesday, March 16, I traveled with my wife to Charlottesville for the big state book festival. We drove southwest on Interstate 81, up the Valley, for those not familiar with local and military terminology. The drive was spectacular and again I was reminded why...
by John Fox | Mar 16, 2011 | 2011
Virginia Festival of the Book panel discussion on the Civil War. Location UVA Bookstore, 400 Emmett St.,S. for info 434-924-3721 or see...
by John Fox | Mar 12, 2011 | 2011
Turner Ashby Chapter UDC @ First Bank 1835 Valley Ave.
by John Fox | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
I did something last weekend that I initially balked at. A college buddy asked me if I would meet him at Gettysburg and we would hit the battlefield. His son, who is a sophomore at Gettysburg College, would join us along with one of my buddy’s friends he knew from...
