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1. A Trooper's Reminiscences by Benjamin Boisseau Vaughn - May 27, 1894

   Object ID 2009.75.220 is a duplicate of this newspaper article. Object ID 2009.75.026 - The content of the object ID referred to is a one-page entry that is in pieces, but is part of this same newspaper article, which is the same as page 5. Page 3 and 4 are duplicates, but the second image has more of the article on the right top. The newspaper is split into smaller portions where it was folded. Vaughan was a trooper in the 1st Virginia ...

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2. Letter from George N. Bliss to George S. Bernard pasted onto page [566] intended for book. - January 28, 1895 (letter) , 1895-1912 (page for book)

   George S. Bernard, a lawyer from Petersburg, Virginia, who had served in the Civil War, collected reminiscences of veterans after the war. Some were published in the book "War Talks of Confederate Veterans." Other material was collected for a planned second volume that was not published at the time. However, some of the material intended for Volume Two was published in newspaper articles and used for speeches. The extant document appears to be i...

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3. W. E. Cameron June 22, 1892 Letter - June 22, 1892

   Cameron writes from Chicago to Bernard that he has received his (Bernard's) letter of the 17th. He thanks Bernard for making the corrections.The next few lines pertain to Bernard's interpretation of a word that Cameron has used in his manuscript. Bernard uses "crossing" or "closing". Cameron requests that Bernard re-examine the manuscript and that then he will find the word to be "cooping". Cameron says the word is not elegant, but expressive and...

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4. William E. Cameron October 2nd, 1892 letter - October 2, 1892

   Cameron informs Bernard that he received the advance copies of "Crater", "Maryland Campaign", and Chancellorsville. He compliments Bernard on the value of the book, and says the Crater article is especially valuable because of the viewpoints and evidence brought out by the Federal and Confederate narrators, and the way it was edited. Cameron will not be able to furnish any additional matter in time for the publication, because he is overwhelme...

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