Isaac Ball Feagin (1833-1900, born in Jones County, Georgia) is a merchant in Midway, Alabama, following a stint as deputy sheriff of the county (Barbour). He is of the Baptist faith. Today the Midway Guards of the Fifteenth Alabama infantry – which Feagin helped organize at the beginning of the war and was elected its…
Thatcher’s Comet, the “Great Comet of 1861” A minor skirmish takes place today. In the Battle of Hoke’s Run, Union forces cross the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland and march toward nearby Confederate forces. The two sides encounter one another in Berkeley County, Virginia. Pushing the Confederates out of the area, Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson’s…
The Harris family of Virginia contributes two well-educated brothers to the Confederate cause. Today J. M. Harris graduates from the University of Virginia with a A.M. degree. Afterwards he joins his brother, Henry H., in serving in the Confederate Army. Henry (the older brother) graduated from the University of Virginia one year earlier, also with…