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arrangement of the correspondence and diaries given the book all the charm of a continuous and exciting novel, and her husband in his letters from the field fairly photographs the war. In two or three rapidly sketched incidents about Stonewall Jackson he was given us a better idea of the eccentricities if that general than we have been able to gather before from all our reading about him. The charm of the history of the husband and wife is the entire absence of any affectation, and the naturalness that prevades it all. It is not likely that any one will read it with eyes entirely dry--the parting of the young couple at the opening of the war, the death of their children and the last days of the aged, self sacrificing father, cannot be read without emotion.
We are telling our readers of a luxury they can never enjoy we know, but it is hard to let such a book pass without saying a word about it. In in there are two or three descriptions of battles by Col. W. W. Blackford, a cousin [brother-crossed out] of Dr. Blackford, and a brother [cousin-crossed out] of Capt. C. M. Blackford, some of the best descriptive we have seen.
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Daily Virginian, Lynchburg, Va. Thursday morning September 15, 1892. p. 1, col. 2.
[Dr. Charles M. Blackford.] A LYNCHBURG M.D. TAKES THE PRIZE.
Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Virginia. This body is in session at the Alleghany Springs, largely atended.
The opening address was by Dr. Michaux, of Richmond. His subject was "Medical Examining Boards, the Only Means of Reforming Medical Education."
Next came the report of the special committee on the Hunter McGuire prize of $100 for the best original paper on tetanus, "lockjaw." The successful competitor proved to be Dr. Charles M. Blackford, of Lynchburg. This essay was read by Dr. Thomas J. Moore, of Richmond, and was pronounced by all who heard it to be a most excellent production.
In addition to the Mc Guire prize for next year Dr. Joseph Price, of Philadelphia, a noted specialist and a Virginian by birth, offers a prize of $100 for the best history of the surgery and surgeons of Virginia.
The Examining Board of Virginia is also in session at the Alleghany and many applicants for examination are present.
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Source: The News, Lynchburg, Va., February 18, 1905 p. 6 column 4
Lieutenant Charles M. Blackford m. Miss Clara Locke Thomson
DR. BLACKFORD'S SON WEDS. He Wins Bride in the North, and She Will Go to Far East With Him.
The following account of the marriage of Lieutenant Charles M Blackford, son of Dr. Benjamin Blackford, of the Western State Hospital, at Staunton, which took place one day this week at Andover, Mass., which is taken from the Boston Transcript, will be of interest to Dr. Blackford's friends in Lynchburg:
At high noon today the wedding of Mijss Clara Locke Thomson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Dennie Thomson, of Abbot street, and Lieutenant Charles Minor Blackford, of the Sixth Uninted States Infntry, was solemnized in Christ Episcopal Church, Andover. The ceremony was performed by Ref. Frederick Palmer, rector of the churgh, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends of the couple. The bride was given away by her father and the impressive Episcopal ring service was used. The bride was attended by her sisters, Misses Eleanor and Rosamond Thomson and the best man was Arthur Blackford of Wilmington Del., a brother of the bridegroom. The ushers were George Richards of New York city, Hugh Knox, of Washington D. C. Philip Reed of Andover, Gordon Means of Beverly Farms, Joseph Foster, Jr., of Portsmouth, N. H., and Philip W. Thomson, of Andover
The bride is well known in Andover society. The bridegroom is now stationed at Fort Leavenworth, but has been ordered to the Philipphines, and he will take his bride there next month.
The groom was attired in his military regalia.