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Old Virginia Blog
WBTS & historical musings, wandering thoughts, book comments, and an occasional rant from the backroads and byways of Old Virginia from Civil War author Richard G. Williams, Jr - one of the few remaining men who has actually lived in Virginia all his life. :)
About Me
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- Name: Richard G. Williams, Jr.
- Location: Shenandoah Valley, US
"From Virginia sprung the Southern Mind, a mind which favoured the local community, Burkean conservatism, the folkways of ancestors, an unwavering orthodox Christian faith." ~ Alphonse Vinh
- Spring in Virginia
- The Solution to "Global Warming"
- Virginia's Christian Foundations
- William & Mary President at the Crossroads?
- Virginia in Mourning
- The Confederate Bible Belt
- History News Network
- Another Positive Review
- Back from Gettysburg
- News-7 Poll: Keep "Confederacy" in the Museum of t...
"It was this love of home, with its thronging recollections of the past both near and far . . . that nerved many a Southern soldier. . . . Love of the South was inextricably mixed up with this love of the family hearth. . . . Love of one particular spot, of one neighborhood, of one State, was the foundation stone of the love of the entire region which entered so deeply into the spirit of the Confederate soldier." ~ Philip Alexander Bruce
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