On this day 106 years ago, Civil War Veteran B.F. Morgan wrote this letter to two Generals: Cabell and Gordon (William Lewis Cabell and, possibly, John Brown Gordon ... Morgan used the spelling "Gordan"). He was a man who apparently knew the realities of War and wished for Peace ... on Earth and Beyond.
Jpegs and a video are below ...
I visited the grave of Confederate Roger Atkinson Pryor yesterday (March 18 ... the anniversary of his passing was just a few days prior) at the Nassau Cemetery in Princeton, NJ. Roger, a Virginian, was a member of the United States House Of Representatives and later, a member of the Confederate States House Of Representatives. He was a Brigadier General for the Southern Confederacy and resigned after he had a falling out with Jefferson Davis. Believe or not, he later joined a Calvary Regiment with a significant decrease in rank - he enlisted as a Private and Scout! He was eventually captured and released on parole by Abraham Lincoln. In the 1890s, he served as a Justice in the New York Supreme Court.
Quite a surprise to see a Veteran of the South buried in New Jersey!
Here is the link if the video does not embed properly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBqbAgvcFsA
Some blooper footage where I call the cemetery a museum!!
