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1. 02/17/1862 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Richmond Feb.17th,1862 Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Emma with news about Richmond where she has been for several weeks and intends to stay until the"Inauguration" [of President Jefferson Davis], tells of raining hard today, went to two church services yesterday and was delayed by a funeral procession for Captain Wise [this was not Gen. Henry A. Wise, former Governor of Virginia who died in 1872] impeded them for a while with all...

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2. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

   Letter headed "Sunday evening", Fairfax C. H., September 29th, 1861 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia, telling of receiving several letters and grapes along with news from Botetourt County, a long list of events as his company was assigned to picket duty in the woods near the Potomac river home of Captain Mason (US Navy), difficulties getting the men through a pine thicket without losing their blankets and gear, a misdirected order to re...

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3. Letter from Julia Anthony to Eliza Breckinridge - March 5, 1859

   Letter headed "Buchanan March 5 [1859]" from Julia M. Anthony to Eliza Breckinridge [in Williamsburg] telling of many illnesses in Buchanan, that life is very dull in Botetourt County, about her upcoming trip to Richmond to get treated for a cough which is slowly going away, her friends at the "Boarding School" had been to a party at her brother's home and gave a graphic description of the talking by one of the young men: "there's a 'cheer' here ...

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4. My Recollections - circa 1875

   Typescript titled "My Recollections", by Mrs. Jane C. Boyd, of her memories of the Civil War from her home, "Oak Hill", near the town of Buchanan. Her husband was William W. Boyd, who was a member of the convention which decided the question of Virginia's secession from the Union. This was reprinted in the Roanoke Historical Society Journal, Winter 1964-65.

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