DanB
Corporal
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2011
- Location
- St. Augustine, FL
I looked around and didn't see this thread, so here it is. . .
So, who were the southern hotties? I've found a few and would like to see who you guys thought should be added to the list.
Hetty Cary, She smuggled herself and her sister, Jenny, out of Baltimore. Later, the two girls and their cousin, Constance, made the first Confederate Battle Flags after the Battle of Bull Run. The trio was referred to as the "Cary Invincibles." She is lauded as the most beautiful woman in Richmond and the Confederacy. One person said she looked like she had been made by a sculptor. Auburn hair. Very witty. Men, even married ones, such as James Chestnut, JEB Stuart, and Jefferson Davis flirted with her. Her marriage to General John Pegram in January 1865 was a major social event. He was killed three weeks later.
Jenny Cary, Sister to Hetty Cary. She put "Maryland My Maryland" to music. She helped her sister and cousin sew the first battle flags.
Constance Cary, “Conny.” Cousin of Hetty and Jenny Cary. She was effective with a pen and often entertained her friends with her art. She became an author after the war.
Louise Wigfall, Daughter of Louis Wigfall. Mary Chestnut said she was a very lovely girl (unlike her dad, who wasn't a very lovely anything, right Nate?)
Mary Whitaker Boykin Mary Chestnut’s cousin. Chestnut calls her “Mary Hammy” to distinguish her from all the other Marys in the family. She had a lot of outings with the likes of Custis Lee and John Bell Hood, though she had a fiance in the army.
Mary Randolph- Secretary of War George Randolph's wife. Mary Chestnut is always talking about how beautiful she is.
So, who were the southern hotties? I've found a few and would like to see who you guys thought should be added to the list.
Hetty Cary, She smuggled herself and her sister, Jenny, out of Baltimore. Later, the two girls and their cousin, Constance, made the first Confederate Battle Flags after the Battle of Bull Run. The trio was referred to as the "Cary Invincibles." She is lauded as the most beautiful woman in Richmond and the Confederacy. One person said she looked like she had been made by a sculptor. Auburn hair. Very witty. Men, even married ones, such as James Chestnut, JEB Stuart, and Jefferson Davis flirted with her. Her marriage to General John Pegram in January 1865 was a major social event. He was killed three weeks later.
Jenny Cary, Sister to Hetty Cary. She put "Maryland My Maryland" to music. She helped her sister and cousin sew the first battle flags.
Constance Cary, “Conny.” Cousin of Hetty and Jenny Cary. She was effective with a pen and often entertained her friends with her art. She became an author after the war.
Louise Wigfall, Daughter of Louis Wigfall. Mary Chestnut said she was a very lovely girl (unlike her dad, who wasn't a very lovely anything, right Nate?)
Mary Whitaker Boykin Mary Chestnut’s cousin. Chestnut calls her “Mary Hammy” to distinguish her from all the other Marys in the family. She had a lot of outings with the likes of Custis Lee and John Bell Hood, though she had a fiance in the army.
Mary Randolph- Secretary of War George Randolph's wife. Mary Chestnut is always talking about how beautiful she is.