Category Archives: Families Divided By The War

Was The South Ever Confederate, Anyway?

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Dick Stanley

The old arguments over the Confederate battle flag (pride or racist symbol, or both), intensified after a photograph surfaced of a mass murderer in Charleston, South Carolina, holding one. This war retrospective, by contemporary Knoxville journalist Jack Neely, whose title … Continue reading →

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Reprise: Robert E. Lee’s Unionist Sister

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Dick Stanley

[This is one of the most popular posts of this site and so worth repeating in full:] Many families were torn apart by the war, a fact that buttresses my fictional creation Parthenia Leila Ellis, the Unionist widow of Confederate … Continue reading →

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Reprise: General Lee’s Unionist sister

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Dick Stanley

Many families were torn apart by the war, a fact that supports my fictional creation Parthenia Leila Ellis, the Unionist widow of Confederate Major Clayton Ellis of Knoxville. Many such divisions were unsung at the time, the principals being little known … Continue reading →

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2013 in review

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Dick Stanley

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,400 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dick Stanley

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading →

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Reprise: Stonewall’s Unionist Sister

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dick Stanley

One of the themes of Knoxville 1863 is the bitter division of the town and surrounding area between Unionists and Confederates. Leila Ellis, Confederate Major Clayton Ellis’s widow, is herself a Union sympathizer. Not to mention Knoxville Unionist Elisa Brownlow’s … Continue reading →

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Robert E. Lee’s Unionist sister

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Many families were torn apart by the war, a fact that buttresses my fictional creation Parthenia Leila Ellis, the Unionist widow of Confederate Major Clayton Ellis of Knoxville. Many such divisions were unsung at the time, the principals being little … Continue reading →

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Nursing the wounded

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Dick Stanley

Howard Pyle’s Civil War art, an illustration for a 19th century magazine story, keyed to the text and titled “I thought of you when I fell.” Not precisely my idea of what Mrs. Parthenia Leila Ellis looked like, but probably … Continue reading →

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