Patriots, Priests and Rebels: A Virginia Family and America's History Ruffin Evelyn Randy
"...a remarkable saga, with characters so plentiful and intriguing that they seem fictional. The research is impressive and integrated well into the narrative." Edward L. Ayers, American historian,…
Specifikacia Patriots, Priests and Rebels: A Virginia Family and America's History Ruffin Evelyn Randy
"...a remarkable saga, with characters so plentiful and intriguing that they seem fictional. The research is impressive and integrated well into the narrative." Edward L. Ayers, American historian, President Emeritus, University of Richmond "...a wonderful and vivid collection of primary source material. ...the sections dealing with the 1850s thru the Civil War are full of great material not widely known or accessed." John L. Hennessy, former Park Service chief historian with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park David Griffith, chaplain and surgeon in the Continental Army, counted Washington and Lafayette as friends. While rector of Christ Church in Alexandria, he played a significant role organizing the Virginia and national Episcopal Church. His daughter Sally held the family together, raising two generations of orphaned children. She also owned and rented out