Trivia 4-2-19 Identify

[Trivia Master]

Identify:

credit: @luinrina

 

[hughes]

Margaret Junkin Preston

 

[BarryR]

Margaret_Junkin_Preston -

 

[John Hartwell]

Margaret Junkin Preston, unofficial "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy." (and Stonewall's sister-in-law.)

 

[General Casey]

Margaret Junkin Preston

 

[SWMODave]

Margaret Junkin Preston

Source

 

[DBF]

Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897). Her sister, Elinor, married Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, his 1st wife.

 

[lelliott19]

Margaret Junkin Preston (19 May 1820 – 28 March 1897) wiki/Margaret_Junkin_Preston

 

[WJC]

Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897), poet, author and sister of Elinor Junkin Jackson (1825-1954), wife of Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863).

 

[FarawayFriend]

You are Margaret Junkin Preston, sister in law of Stonewall Jackson
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Junkin_Preston&oldid=883238586


I will take a break from Trivia from Thursday, April 4 to Easter (most probably) because I will will be on vacation.
Good luck everybody!

Edit - Hope you enjoy your vacation.

hoosier

 

[Ole Miss]

Ms Margaret Junkin Preston a wonderful author and the sister in law of Thomas Jackson
Regards
David

ONLY A PRIVATE
Only a private -- and who will care
When I may pass away,
Or how, or why I perish, or where
I mix with the common clay?
They will fill my empty place again
With another as bold and brave;
And they'll blot me out ere the autumn rain
Has freshened my nameless grave.

 

[Big Sarge]

Margaret Junkin Preston

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Junkin_Preston_001.jpg

 

[sarladaise]

Margaret Junkin Preston, American poet and author and Stonewall Jackson's sister-in-law

 

[kholland]

She is Maggie Junkin, sister of Stonewall Jackson's first wife, Ellie.

 

[JOHN42768]

Margaret Junkin Preston (May 19, 1820 – March 28, 1897)
She married Major John Thomas Lewis Preston in 1857,[7] a professor of Latin at Virginia Military Institute.[2][3][4][5][6] Her sister, Elinor (Ellie), had in 1853 married Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a colleague of Preston's at VMI.[8] Major Preston served on the staff of Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War.
source:

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Margaret Junkin Preston

 

[connecticut yankee]

Margaret Junkin Preston

 

[LittleMac]

The woman depicted is Margaret Junkin Preston.

 

[Stony]

Margaret Junkin Preston (May 19, 1820 – March 28, 1897).

 

[Wallyfish]

She was Margaret Junkin Preston.


She was known informally as the Poet Laureate of the Confederacy.

Source. Her wiki page.

Cool question. Love learning about things/people I never heard of.