Tag Archives: Laura Jackson Arnold

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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Stonewall’s Unionist sister

Posted on August 11, 2010 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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