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 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...
by John Fox | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog
The war ended for those bedraggled Confederate veterans who surrendered with General R. E. Lee’s at Appomattox Court House 150 years ago. But what about the Rebel soldiers who were locked away in the horrible Union prison camps with names like Elmira, Point Lookout...
by John Fox | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog
Numerous newspapers and the 24-hour news cycle talking heads touted the ringing of bells yesterday [April 9] to signal the 150th anniversary of the Confederate surrender in Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse. The ugly four year war had effectively come to an end as...
by John Fox | May 13, 2014 | Blog
May 2014 will ring in the 10th anniversary of the publication of my first book Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Little did I know that a 1987 visit to a frame shop owned by Columbus, Georgia’s Jack and Dian Stroud would launch my...