This post is the next in a series about the Civil War service of William Greene Dodson, detailed in A Mom's Goodbye, The Cruel War Is Raging and The Cruel War Is Raging, Johnny Has To Fight. Muster cards--concise who-what-when story lines. I LOVE these mines of family history. My current extraction comes from the … Continue reading Military Monday: The Dodsons of Company B
The Strickland Side
Wordless Wednesday: The Dodsons of Company B
I imagine the newly enlisted man-child, Pvt. William Greene Dodson, sitting on a train to Petersburg, in the company of his uncle, Sgt. Benjamin F. Dodson and other Mecklenburg County farmers. The sights, smells and sounds of battle were yet but words from others' mouths. Would this young man have been excited? Scared? … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: The Dodsons of Company B
The Cruel War Is Raging, Johnny Has To Fight
This is the third post in a series about young William Greene Dodson that began with A Mom's Goodbye and The Cruel War Is Raging. The land of Mecklenburg County, Virginia rolls from pasture to forest to creek. Wild roses and honeysuckle form dense thickets, and glossy leaves of poison ivy climb oak and ash … Continue reading The Cruel War Is Raging, Johnny Has To Fight
The Cruel War Is Raging
In my last post, A Mom's Goodbye, I began the story of Greene Dodson and his home-leaving to join the Army of the Confederate States of America. Today I continue building proofs which document my family's lore. All sorts of paper have been saved by our federal, state and local governments, and while I may … Continue reading The Cruel War Is Raging
A Mom’s Goodbye
This morning, as I steeled myself to watch my son's back recede into the maze of airport security this weekend, I felt a tug from the past. "Remember," she said, "he is going on an adventure, following his dream and his loyalties, to become the man he needs to be. At least he enters into … Continue reading A Mom’s Goodbye
Shoots, Roots, and Leaves 