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Images
Metadata
Title |
Typed Diary Entries |
Dates of Creation |
1890 |
Scope & Content |
Diary entries from an unknown source and date, but assumed to be from George S. Bernard. The period of time is in the winter months as camp houses are being built and the weather is bitter cold. A snow storm leaves the area covered, but melts in two days. A court martial sentences two men (16th Virginia Infantry) to be shot in front of the brigade. They were charged and convicted of desertion and cowardice. |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Creator |
Bernard, George S. |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Subjects |
Axes Beans Brigade Camp Chimney Civil War Civil war battles Clouds Confederate soldiers Confederate veterans Court martial Cowardice Dead march (military) Deserters, Military Dinners Executions Field Fire Ground Guards Houses March, Military Men Muskets Pork Sentences (Criminal procedures) Shot Snow Storms Straw Sunsets Timber Wheat Winter Work |
Search Terms |
16th Virginia Infantry Civil War Confederacy, the Confederate Army Confederate Veterans Sixteenth Virginia Infantry Union Army Union Veterans War Between the States War Talks of Confederate Veterans |
People |
Bernard, David Meade Bernard, Geo. S. Bernard, George S. Branch, Tom |
Event |
Civil War |
Collection |
George S. Bernard Collection |
Imagefile |
023\200975029.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
2009.75.029 |
Extent of Description |
1 page, size 8" x 13" |