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Title |
Honorable Charles F. Collier - Reminisces of the evacuation of Petersburg |
Dates of Creation |
May 24, 1894 |
Scope & Content |
George S. Bernard received from Charles F. Collier of Petersburg, Virginia, the latter's reminiscences concerning the evacuation of the Confederate Forces from Petersburg, Virginia, and the entry of the Union army into the city. He recorded his recollection of the selected burning of property within the city, by Confederate authorities, beginning April 1, 1865. He told about meeting with Gen. Robert E. Lee and being part of the Committee to surrender the city. He related that the city councilmen were divided into squads and were to cover the several routes that entered the city so as to meet the Federals and surrender. He and the mayor walked westward, in the direction of Fort Gregg, and ran into the victorious Federals. During the occupation of Petersburg, the Federal officers and troops provided protection, and order was restored under martial law. Collier then told how the Federal sutlers, began to do business. Collier received his first $10.00 greenback, in payment for his legal services. These recollections were sent to Bernard for publication in his second book "War Talks of Confederate Veterans". They appear here as cut from a newspaper article. On the bottom of the first page is the beginning of a typed biography of Charles Collier. Beneath the first part of the biography are two more typed half-pages. The last page of the newspaper article ends where the handwriting begins. The handwritten portion is part of object ID number 2009.75.002. |
Year Range from |
1894 |
Creator |
Collier, Charles F. |
Year Range to |
1894 |
Subjects |
Adjutant General Allegiance Articles Articles of agreement Assault Audiences Authority Bar Battalions Bearer Bowels of the earth Breakfast Breastworks Brevet Bridges Business Canes Capture & imprisonment Cheese Churches City Civil authorities Civil war battles Clocks & watches Coffee Colleges Command Committeeman Common council Confederate Government Confederate soldiers Confederate veterans Congress Corporation line Course of instruction Court houses Courthouses Creeks Daybreak Death Delegates Disabled persons District Duty Education Election Evacuations Farms Fathers Federal cavalry Federal officers Federal troops Fees Flag of truce Forts & fortifications Gentlemen Greenbacks Handkerchiefs Hat Hat industry Hats Hatter Headquarters, Military Houses Law Law offices Law partner Law practice Law schools Law, martial Lawyers Legislature Lieutenant-Colonel Line (military) Loan Martial law Mayors Meetings Message Missions Money Money lending Neighborhoods Newspapers Officers, Military Partner People Plans Professions Property Protection Provost marshal Publications Quarters, Military Railroad Railroads Railways Ranks, military Recollection Reconstruction Rector Reserve Resolutions Risk Rivers Roads Route Rumor Safeguards Sardines School Shells Shot Signal gun Soldiers Squadron Staff Steeples Stores & shops Streams Students Surrenders Sutlers Terms of office Tobacco Union officers Union soldiers Universities & colleges Victory Visitors Walking sticks Walls War Wounds & injuries |
Search Terms |
Appomattox River Avery Farm Brunswick County, Virginia Chesterfield County, Virginia Civil War Confederacy, the Confederate Army Confederate Congress Confederate States of America Confederate Veterans Cox Road Dinwiddie County, Virginia Dispatch [Richmond Dispatch - newspaper] Dupuy House Dupuy Road Federals Fort Gregg, Virginia Harvard University House of Delegates Lombard Street, Petersburg, Virginia Model Farm Norfolk, Virginia Old Town Creek Petersburg & Asylum railway Petersburg Railroad Company Petersburg, Virginia Presbyterian Church Prince George County, Virginia Reconstruction Act St. Paul's Church (Petersburg, Virginia) Union Army University of Virginia Virginia House of Delegates War Between the States War Talks of Confederate Veterans Washington & Lee University Washington College (prior to Washington & Lee) |
People |
Archer, Fletcher H. Bernard, George S. Boisseau, James Collier, Charles F. Collier, Robert B. Cook, Giles B. Gholson, Thomas S. Gynn, Walker Johnson, Guy Johnson, William R. Kautz, A. V. Lee, Robert E. Marshall, Max. McGill, John Paul, D'Arcy Platt, William H. Pryor, Roger A. Townes, W. W. Wolf, James E. |
Event |
Civil War |
Collection |
George S. Bernard Collection |
Imagefile |
023\200975003.JPG |
Number of images |
5 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
2009.75.003 |
Extent of Description |
5 sheets, size 8" x 15 1/2" |