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Around Brandy Station, Stuart's force of about 9,500 men consisted of five cavalry brigades, commanded by Brig. Gens. Wade Hampton, W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee, Beverly H. Robertson, William E. "Grumble" Jones, and Colonel Thomas T. Munford (commanding Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's brigade while Lee was stricken with a bout of rheumatism), plus the six-battery Stuart Horse Artillery, commanded by Major ...
The Richmond Enquirer found Fitzhugh's pro-slavery sentiments to be sound, declaring that the justification of slavery was not an issue of "mere negro slavery", but that in of itself "slavery is a right, natural and necessary." [39] Fitzhugh maintained that slavery was the best institution to ensure "the rights of man". [30]: 45
William Fitzhugh Gordon was born at "Germanna", a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia to Elizabeth Gordon and her husband (and cousin) James Gordon, Jr. (1759-1799). ). His grandfather John Gordon had emigrated to the Virginia colony in 1738 from County Down in northern Ireland, as did his elder brother James Gordon (1711-1768), and they both became successful tobacco merchants and ...
The newspaper served the Whig Party and during its run was one of the four major newspapers in the city of Richmond, Virginia. [4] Like many newspapers during the Civil War, the Richmond Whig published viewpoints and news on the institution of slavery and some of these viewpoints put Pleasants at odds with Thomas Ritchie, who edited the rival newspaper the Richmond Enquirer. [5]
Began as City and Tri-County News: King George Journal Press: King George: 2017 Ledger-Star: Norfolk 1876 [14] 1995 [20] Began as Public Ledger, became Ledger-Star in 1962 News & Messenger: Manassas: Northern Virginia Sun: Arlington: 1998 Port Folio Weekly: Norfolk: 1983 2009 Religious Herald: Richmond: 1828 [22] Richmonder Anzeiger [30 ...
Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890 [14] Edward E. Lane (1924–2009), member of the Virginia House of Delegates [ 15 ] Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate cavalry general, Governor of Virginia, diplomat, U.S. Army general in Spanish–American War and the ...
A federal court jury cleared Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh and retired Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold of liability for faulty 2018 raids.
The Richmond Enquirer & Examiner was published from July 15, 1867 to December 31, 1869, when the newspaper changed its name back to simply Richmond Enquirer. The Library of Virginia has microfilm copies of the Examiner's weekly, semi-weekly, and daily editions for all of the years noted above, and has paper copies of the Semi-Weekly Examiner ...