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A satire critiquing the lack of work and progress in the U.S. Congress; interestingly, one of the talking points of the fictitious Congressmen in the story was building Confederate monument to “sisters who nursed in the Civil War.”

Painting of the third Headmaster of EHS (1852-1861) in the collection of Episcopal High School.

The wife of the third Headmaster, John Peyton McGuire. Published her Civil War diaries as Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War

Image of William Orton Williams, C.S.A. Attended Episcopal High School from 1853-1854

Image of William Orton Williams (right) and his cousin, Walter Gibson Peter (left).

Image of Williams and Peter hanged. Published in Harper's Weekly on July 4, 1863.

Describes the discovery and subsequent hanging of Lawrence Williams Orton (nee William Orton Williams) and Walter Gibson Peter at Fort Granger in Franklin, Tennessee. (Evening Star, June 10, 1863)

Franklin Stringfellow scouted for General Robert E. Lee. Stringfellow became Lee's most famous scout, and was the personal scout for Jeb Stuart. More information can be found on Stringfellow's historical profile page.

The Alexandria Gazette publishes the story of Lawrence Williams [Orton] who was hanged for spying. 16 June 1863

An archive of graves in the U.S provides information about where people are buried and what they did when they were alive.