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The fourth collection of essays in this Civil War series “serves to remind us that there is much for us to discover beyond Virginia’s battlefields” (H-Net Reviews). The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the majority of Virginia’s forces fought inside the state’s borders. Yet soldiers were a distinct minority among the Virginians affected by the war. In Virginia at War, 1864, scholars explore various aspects of the civilian experie...
John Emery, Sr. (1598-ca. 1683), son of John and Agnus Emery of Romsey, Hants, England, married Alice Grantham (1599-1649), daughter of Andrew Grantham. They had three children, ca. 1628-1648. The family immigrated to America in 1635 and settled at Newbury, Massachusetts. He married 2) Mrs. Mary Shatswell Webster, widow of John Webster of of Ipswich, in 1650. They had a son born in 1652 at Newbury. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, and elsewhere.