Happy Birthday!

Today, if he were alive, it would be Young Marshall Moody‘s 187th birthday.  Moody was a Confederate Brigadeer General from the Old Dominion State.  After initially fighting for Virginia, he then rose through the ranks with outfits from Alabama and finally surrendered his brigade at Appomattox Courthouse.  Moody is featured on the Daily Report of the House Divided site for June 23, 1859, on which he turned 37.  The Daily Report features a day-by-day calendar showing events, birthdays, and documents.  The Daily Report is a great way to look at the era in a whole different light, closer to how they experienced it day-by-day.