"He was a man of undoubted intelligence and ready wit, a powerful man who was known as the 'King' of Beaufort County."
“Everything was bad except the will to live, the memories of home, and the ever dimming hope that [our] country would find a way to help us.”
A Tribute to Carmen Guevara Neuberger (1935-2018)
"I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose?"
An heirloom represents something more deeply meaningful. It is history we can look at, touch, and meditate upon.
"There would be no coming home from the War and rebuilding a life with elements of the past."
The cotton crop was the largest most could remember, in ordinary times a reason for thankfulness. Fall 1861 was no ordinary time.
"Diplomacy has failed. The sword must now preserve our independence."
"No district contributed more to the secession movement. No district was to lose more as a result."
Julius Barnard Bell was named for his grandfather. The family called him "Barnard."