Which President’s daughters married Confederate generals?
Robert Hall Morrison, who was the first President of Davidson College, serving from 1836 to 1840. His daughter Isabella Sophia married Confederate Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey Hill, while another daughter, Mary Anna, married Lieutenant General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson.
For more information, please explore these resources:
- Around the D Blog Post: Guest Blogger: Courtney Clawson on “Salem Female Academy and the Morrison Women”
- Robert Hall Morrison NCpedia Biographical Entry
- Mary Anna Morrison Jackson NCpedia Biographical Entry
- Daniel Harvey Hill Encyclopedia Entry
- Kathy Neill Herran’s book They Married Confederate Officers : the Intimate Story of Anna Morrison, Wife of Stonewall Jackson, and Her Five Sisters (Print copy available in Special Collections)