Roger Atkinson Pryor was a Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. In 1865 he moved to New York City to remake his life, and in 1868 brought his family north. He was among a number of influential southerners in the North who became known as "Confederate carpetbaggers."
Roger A. Pryor
Pryor in his younger years.
Pryor looking at a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
A Bowie knife is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.
"Bowie knife"
Damascus knife in a very modern Bowie knife design
An early Bowie of the type made for Rezin Bowie and commissioned by the Bowies to Searles and Constable. This is a copy of the Fowler Bowie currently displayed at the Alamo.
Kennedy notes that Bowie's knife had a blade 9+1⁄4 inches (23 cm) long and 1+1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm) wide with a cross-guard to protect the user's hands.