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1. J. E. Crow letter of February 11, 1893 - February 11, 1893

   Mr. Crow informs Bernard that his books have arrived and he is canvassing among the old veterans. He says they are interested but most, as a rule, do not have the money and have a hard time raising any money. Crow asks Bernard if he has noticed that very few old soldiers have succeeded. Many say that when they entered the Confederate Army, they were too young to know about business matters, and when released from service, they were too old to lea...

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2. J. E. Crow letter of November 16, 1892 - November 16, 1892

   John E. Crow writes to Bernard that he has received a letter from a Dr. C. B. Sanders of Acton, Massachusetts. The Doctor has read the "Rural Messenger" of November 5, 1892, in which he read with interest Crow's account of the Battle of the Crater, and thinks that he (Sanders) is the Lieutenant that Crow captured. Sanders thinks that Crow was a little strong in his account of how severe he was on the captured soldier. Sanders remembers giving ...

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3. J. E. Crow letter of October 10, 1892 - October 10, 1892

   Crow states he has received a postal card from Bernard, and that what he had written previously was just adding to the story that Bernard had told. Crow never expected that what he had written would be published, and that he had not even seen Bernard's "prospectus." Crow says there is too much about himself in the letter, and there are probably some inaccuracies, as he wrote from memory after 28 years, and also it was carelessly written. If th...

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4. J. E. Crow letter of October 8, 1892 - October 8, 1892

   Mr. Crow writes to Bernard - "I notice that Pvt. Stith says, he did not reload his Gun after the first fire, and fought only with the bayonet afterwards." Crow states his long-standing belief that Stith fired one of the shots at a Negro soldier, when he was [running?] into our lines, but Crow says he does not pretend to contradict Stith. He then refers to the regimental alignment which put company "E" next to the 41st infantry. He believes that i...

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5. John E. Laughton August 2, 1892 letter - August 2, 1892

   The letter in principle is a list of names submitted to Bernard which contains the names of soldiers that were charged for clothing and supplies. Laughton writes to Bernard that the publication of the addresses delivered to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans reminded him of a roll he possesses of the Petersburg Rifleman, Company E, 12th Virginia Infantry at the time he was commander of the company. He states that the wounding of se...

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6. Table of Contents - 1895

   These pages appear to be George Bernard's various attempts to create a rough draft of the table of contents for the second volume of War Talks of Confederate Veterans. Typed and handwritten pages, front and back, with cross-outs and other revisions, appear first, followed by a later draft typed on the front only.

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7. The Gettysburg Campaign (continued) - 1894

   George S. Bernard gave an address to the R. E. Lee Camp Number 1 of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond, Virginia, and his talk was printed in The Petersburg Enterprise, March 10, 1894. The subject was his recollection of the march toward Gettysburg, as recounted in his diary. The article begins in June of 1863, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from Chambersburg. After crossing the state line from Virginia into Maryland, Bernard reflec...

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8. "War Talks" - Prospectus of Volume ll - May 26, 1896

   George S. Bernard distributed this flyer to subscribers. He informs the reader that Volume II is ready to go to press, just as soon as he has enough subscribers who will forward $1.50 for the book. The book will be similar to his first volume; it will have 400 pages and contain 27 chapters with portraits, illustrations, and photographs. He lists individuals who have contributed war- time accounts, both civilian and military. This book, like the f...

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