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A Confederate Army Staff Officers Sword manufactured by Boyle & Gamble of Richmond, Virginia.
Included too is that crimson sash worn by the officer.
The guard of the sword bears the C.S. marking the sword as that of a Field or Staff officer and the star represents the Confederacy. The laurel symbolizes the bravery of the Confederate soldier and the corn is there to represent the agricultural base of the Confederacy.
Sold by Gary Hendershott:-
http://www.garyhendershott.net/online-catalogs/civil-war-catalog
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Leaving this upcoming Tuesday for our first stop - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Lots of packing to take care of as well as double and triple checking the teardrop camper.
I’ll be sad leaving Richmond, such a cool city. Great people, great restaurants, great history and lots of fun outdoor stuff to do on the James. It’s also in a great location being just a short drive from Shenandoah National Park as well as the beach. If you have never been to Richmond, I highly recommend checking it out. Pick up a copy of Colden Issue II for a breakdown of cool spots of Richmond by my homie Darren. http://colden.bigcartel.com
Shout out to my boy Tiny for making the last year and a half of work a bad motorgator.
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March is Women’s History Month
Mary Elizabeth Bowser-Freed Slave, Union Spy, and Abolitionist
Mary Elizabeth Bowser was born Mary Jane Richards on May 17, 1846, near Richmond, Virginia. She was born a slave to the Van Lew family, Eliza Baker and John Van Lew, of Richmond, Virginia.
Records show that Mary was baptized at St. John’s Church, the white congregation of the Van Lew family, as opposed to the First African Baptist Church in Richmond. This fact proves that Mary was treated differently by other slaves, by the Van Lew family from birth.
When she was of age, Eliza and John’s daughter, Elizabeth, sent Mary north to get an education. In 1885, she sent her to Liberia for missionary work and she did not return to the Van Lew home until 1860 again.
A few days after the battle of Fort Sumter, Mary married Wilson Bowser on April 16, 1861, in the same church she was baptized in. The Civil War had just begun.
During the war, Mary was instrumental in helping Elizabeth with her spy operation and aided her in helping escaped slaves take refuge in the Van Lew mansion. Mary, as well as many of the slaves freed by the Van Lew family, completed dangerous missions to get information to General Grant about the movements of the Confederate army. Mary even managed to obtain a position as a servant in the household of Jefferson and Varina Davis. She worked directly for Varina Davis and managed to learn about important strategies and plans of the Confederate government.
Soon after the war, Mary Bowser worked as a teacher to freed slaves in Richmond and, in 1867, founded her own school in Georgia. She alone taught young children and adults, all former slaves, to read and write.
A letter surviving with the date, June 1867, stated her new name as Mary Garvin and the intention that she would be joining her new husband in the West Indies.
The year of her death is unknown, but a memorial plot was placed in her memory at Woodland Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. It honors her memory as an agent who helped saved the Union during the Civil War. The stone reads, “Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Born 1840, Union Military Intelligence Agent, She risked her life and liberty so that all could know freedom.”
I’m late, I’ve been dealing with L I F E, however first, I would like to say rest in power to representative and freedom fighter John Lewis. For 50+ years you fought on the behalf of black people, took beatings, arrested, hosed, dogs sicced on you and you never stopped fighting! Thank you!
Picture: Rep Lewis projected on the defaced Robert E Lee statue on Monument Ave in Richmond, Va, July 2020.
Tonight, in the Capital of the Confederacy, LOVE WON♥️ RACISM LOSS✊✊✊✊✊
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