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…
The Cherokee Nation is officially neutral regarding the American Civil War. Chief John Ross weeks earlier declared that Cherokees wished to “take no part in the present deplorable state of affairs” and hoped that “they should not be called upon to participate in the threatened fratricidal war….” Despite the Cherokee’s pledge of neutrality, Confederates immediately…
William Thomas Acree (1815-1895) of Covington County, Alabama, a Baptist of modest means and the owner of one slave, today enlists in the 60th Regiment (Covington County) 8th Brigade, 11th Division, of the Alabama Militia. Acree prior to the war held several local positions. He was probate judge from 1850 to 1854; Postmaster of…