Comments on: Siege of Petersburg: The City and Citizens Were Impacted from the Start http://www.historynet.com/siege-of-petersburg-the-city-and-citizens-were-impacted-from-the-start.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:53:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lynn crowder maust http://www.historynet.com/siege-of-petersburg-the-city-and-citizens-were-impacted-from-the-start.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135437 lynn crowder maust Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:29:05 +0000 #comment-135437 P.S. My father was from Blackstone/Petersburg, born 1919. One of his sisters, Katherine Crowder never married and lived at 1638 Monticello Ave her entire adult life til passing away about 5 years ago (in nursing home in vicinity). My family, from about 1948 through1956, visited Monticello Ave every summer during the late 1940's through 1956 and then once in about 1979 when I took my teenage daughter to visit her great aunt. LCM P.S. My father was from Blackstone/Petersburg, born 1919. One of his sisters, Katherine Crowder never married and lived at 1638 Monticello Ave her entire adult life til passing away about 5 years ago (in nursing home in vicinity).

My family, from about 1948 through1956, visited Monticello Ave every summer during the late 1940’s through 1956 and then once in about 1979 when I took my teenage daughter to visit her great aunt.
LCM

]]> By: lynn crowder maust http://www.historynet.com/siege-of-petersburg-the-city-and-citizens-were-impacted-from-the-start.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135428 lynn crowder maust Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:56:23 +0000 #comment-135428 1. I am a descendant of a Crowder who tried to aid General Lee and his troops by searching the area for food for those men. 2. My family had a small plantation west of Petersburg, and I am looking for it....does anyone know of what was known as the Crowder Plantation? Or at least where it might have been located? 3. I am so awfully glad to know of this site....a lady friend referred it to me just today....how great it is. LCM of Penna. 1. I am a descendant of a Crowder who tried to aid General Lee and his troops by searching the area for food for those men.

2. My family had a small plantation west of Petersburg, and I am looking for it….does anyone know of what was known as the Crowder Plantation? Or at least where it might have been located?

3. I am so awfully glad to know of this site….a lady friend referred it to me just today….how great it is.

LCM of Penna.

]]> By: Joan Baez – Turning Points http://www.historynet.com/siege-of-petersburg-the-city-and-citizens-were-impacted-from-the-start.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14336 Joan Baez – Turning Points Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:48:20 +0000 #comment-14336 [...] The song tells the story of Virgil Caine, who was mourning the loss of his brother during the Siege of Petersburg in the closing days of the War Between the States. Doesn’t she have an amazing [...] [...] The song tells the story of Virgil Caine, who was mourning the loss of his brother during the Siege of Petersburg in the closing days of the War Between the States. Doesn’t she have an amazing [...]

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