Tag: Civil War
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Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2023 Lecture Series:
“Fashioning the Funeral: Mourning Wear and Customs in Civil War America“ Presented by Kelly Wenner White Sunday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m.St. James United Church of Christ,10 East Broad Way,…
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The Contrabands of Harpers Ferry
Alexander B. Rossino (The following is reprinted from Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862, the latest book by Alexander Rossino, who…
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Press Release: April Lecture
What: Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture: “Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia from the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862” …
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Letters from Lovettsville: The Life of Dr. John James Henshaw
By Doria R. Owen The shoe box marked “Letters” had been silently waiting atop a stack of forgotten boxes for over ten years. Once opened, the story they tell…
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Friends of Mount Sinai Cemetery Address Board of Supervisors
Representatives of the Family & Friends of Mount Sinai Cemetery and the Lovettsville Historical Society addressed the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on April 19, urging the Board to take…
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Capt. Sam Means, Founder of Loudoun Rangers, Honored at Graveside Ceremony
Captain Samuel C. Means, who commanded the Independent Loudoun Rangers during the Civil War, has finally received a U.S. government-issued headstone for his burial site, 138 years after his death…
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Charles W. Johnson: The Spy Who Walked a Crooked Line
By Edward Spannaus The Charles Johnson who featured in the fracas following a Republican event in Waterford in November 1888 was no stranger to conflict – be it of the…
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Remembering Private Samuel Benjamin Timbers
In the October 2020 Lovettsville Historical Society Newsletter, there was a story entitled “Hidden History: Mount Sinai Church and Cemetery at ‘Little Britain.’” My family has a connection to the…
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The Right to Vote: An Ancestral Story
By Claudette Bard Like many African Americans, my genealogical journey began when I watched Roots, the television mini-series that aired in 1977, which chronicled Alex Haley’s family history. I…
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