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Title |
Letter from unknown writer from Wilmington, North Carolina |
Dates of Creation |
October 7, 1892 |
Scope & Content |
The writer has received a copy of Bernard's pamphlet about "War Talks of Confederate Veterans" and has read the address that Bernard delivered to the A. P. Hill camp of Confederate Veterans at Petersburg as well as the addenda. The writer will keep it for his boys, as he regards it as the most valuable of any war papers, because it is faithful in detail and history. The writer knows of no one in their command who, in his opinion, could give the facts of the history of The Battle of the Crater better than Bernard could. The writer remembers the diary Bernard kept, in which he wrote down the incidents when they were fresh in mind, and Bernard had his impressions corroborated by their comrades, who were participants and eye witnesses. The writer states that Bernard has done a noble service to the achievement of Mahone's Brigade, and should receive the thanks of all. No battle other than the "Crater" is so deeply impressed on the writer's mind. The writer was with his regiment at Seven Pines, through the Chickahominy, the Second Battle of Manassas, into Maryland to Crampton's Pass (Gap). When Bernard was wounded and taken prisoner the writer was bare footed and his feet were so cut to pieces ------ the letter stops. |
Year Range from |
1892 |
Creator |
Unknown (soldier) |
Year Range to |
1892 |
Subjects |
Achievements Address ( Oration ) Battle Battlefields Battles Brigade Camp meetings Civil War Civil war battles Command Comrades Confederate Army Confederate officers Confederate soldiers Confederate veterans Conflict Copy Cut (wound) Details Diary Eyewitnesses Fact Feet Foot injury History History, War Between the States Incident Judgment Memoirs Memory Mind Pamphlets Papers Preservation Preserves Prisoner Regiments Wounded Wounds & injuries |
Search Terms |
2nd Manassas A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans Battle of the Crater Chickahominy River Civil War Confederacy, the Confederate Army Confederate Veterans Crampton's Gap, Maryland Crater (Petersburg) Mahone's Brigade Maryland Petersburg, Virginia Second Battle of Bull Run [Manassas] Second Battle of Manassas [Bull Run] Seven Pines War Between the States War Talks of Confederate Veterans Wilmington, N. [North] C. [Carolina] |
People |
Bernard, Geo. S. Bernard, George S. Hill, Ambrose Powell Mahone, William, Major General |
Event |
Civil War |
Collection |
George S. Bernard Collection |
Imagefile |
025\200975150.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
2009.75.150 |
Extent of Description |
2 sheets, size 8 1/2" x 11" |