Daily Archives: 19 October 2014

Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 19, 1864

 Diary of Orrin Brown, Nashville, Tennessee Wednesday–Oct. 19th Quite cool and disagreable, we arrived at Nashville at 3AM were marched about 3/4 of a mile to a large brick building erected by the Rebbel Gen. Yolicoffer for a hotell but … Continue reading

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The L&N Don’t Stop Here Any More

A point of context for the subtitle in my commentary yesterday on the Diary of Pvt. Orrin Brown. Jean Ritchie was born into a family of folk balladeers in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Kentucky.  Song catchers like Alan Lomax sought … Continue reading

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