Virginia Lomax and John Mosby graves

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(11-30-2015 07:32 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 07:00 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(11-30-2015 10:01 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Virginia Lomax also wrote a wonderful book called Leaves from an Old Washington Diary. And, I think I'm right on this that the Greens lived in the old Van Ness Mansion and it was thought that the captured Lincoln might first be taken into hiding there. There was supposedly an underground passage that led out to the nearby Potomac. The Pan American Union building and Constitution Hall now stand where the mansion once stood.

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post...ess-house/

Oops, I apologize for giving you bad information. Virginia Lomax did not write Leaves from an Old Washington Diary. That was written by Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax (maybe of the generation before Virginia's??).

You're half right! Elizabeth was Virginia's mother. The bulk of the book consists of Elizabeth's diary, but there are also a few excerpts from a diary that Virginia kept after the war.

Thanks, Susan. It's good having you as my wing man to keep me on a straight flight pattern through history!