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Every serious student of Robert E. Lee knows that the general was born on January 19, 1807, right? Or was he? Check out Robert E. Lee’s entry at the Encyclopedia Virginia and you will find that the general’s birth date is given as “ca. 1806.” According to Elizabeth Pryor, who wrote the article, “Lee’s writings indicate he may have been …
The Civil War was fought, claimed the Union army surgeon general, “at the end of the medical Middle Ages.” Little was known about what caused disease, how to stop it from spreading, or how to cure it. Surgical techniques ranged from the barbaric to the barely competent. A Civil War soldier’s chances of dying was one in four. These men …
The milling history at Stratford extends over a 281 year period. The first reference to a water powered gristmill located on the Stratford site is found in a 1721 Westmoreland County survey. This early mill was not owned by the Lee family. In 1718, Thomas Lee purchased the land that would become Stratford from Nathaniel Pope. Undoubtedly, Thomas must have …