Tag Archives: Milledge Luke Bonham

a good word

Posted on January 22, 2024 by SUMPTER

for a bête noire There was a report 150 years ago last month that the ex-Vice President of the Confederacy admired the incumbent U.S. President, U.S. Grant. From the December 25, 1873 issue of The Valley Virginian (page 1): Alexander … Continue reading →

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granular analysis

Posted on April 11, 2013 by SUMPTER

In a message to the state legislature South Carolina governor Milledge Luke Bonham identified several reasons for food shortages in his state: the law prohibiting liquor production was not being obeyed or enforced; the law limiting cotton production to three … Continue reading →

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South Carolina Succession!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

About two years after the secession of South Carolina from the United States the Palmetto state changed governors: Milledge Luke Bonham replaced Francis Wilkinson Pickens. It certainly wasn’t an election in the current American sense. According to Wikipedia, “On December … Continue reading →

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With Bonham’s Brigade

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Rebel = Traitor = Death by Hanging I first became aware of D. Augustus Rickert and his book in A Rising Thunder by Joseph Wheeler. Rickert describes his work as a 16 year old volunteer with blistered and bloodied hands … Continue reading →

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