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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. Beauregard at Drewry's Bluff & Petersburg - April 12, 1893

   Johnson Hagood was born in South Carolina, educated at the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel), practiced law, and was a member of the state militia. He entered the Confederate service at the start of the Civil War and in 1862 was ranked as a Brigadier General. In early 1864 he was in charge of the Seventh Military District of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, commanded by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. When Beauregard wa...

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3. Biographic Catalogue of the Portraits in the Confederate Memorial Institute - 1929

   Booklet printed by the Service Press, Richmond, by the R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1 of Confederate Veterans. Catalog is of brief biographic data of portraits that were on view in the "Battle Abbey" of the Confederate Memorial Institute. Catalog contains no photographs, but birth and death dates, plus campaigns each individual commemorated participated in.

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4. Closing Days of the Army of Northern Virginia by William Mahone - July 25, 1895

   Bernard has cut and pasted the first two pages of Mahone's transcribed letter, and has inserted a biography of Mahone, along with a third page (inserted by Bernard) to finish the biography. The letter then continues for 29 pages, where at the bottom of the page an addendum is inserted. The last two pages are by Bernard. Mahone was born in Southhampton County on December 1, 1826; he was educated at VMI, graduating in 1847. He taught school for ...

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5. Currency - February 17, 1864

   A fifty-dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America. This item was a gift of J. B. Fishburn to S. H. McVitty.

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6. In the Enemies Lines by William E. Cameron - 1895

   As each page is extra long, it was scanned a half-page at a time. The writing is somewhat difficult to read and the folds of the paper have made it impossible to read some words. The last page (11) contains notes A, B, C, and D, which refer to incidents related in paragraphs within the letter. William E. Cameron was born in Petersburg in 1842 and attended Hillsboro Military School and Washington College in St. Louis. He was a drillmaster with...

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7. John E. Laughton May 18, 1893 letter - May 18, 1893

   Laughton says that he forgot to mention that he had received from Jenkins & Walthall 2 cases (359 copies) of "War Talks". These have been placed in Mr. Valentine's Storage Department, and Laughton thinks Bernard should get an insurance policy on them. He also wants to repeat the suggestion that Bernard advertise in all the Richmond papers during the Davis Memorial Celebration, and let it be known copies may be bought from the bookstores. Laughton...

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8. Souvenir facsimile of Robert E. Lee documents. - July 8, 1863 and April 10, 1865

   A 20th century souvenir facsimile of two documents on one folded sheet. The first one is General Robert E. Lee's letter to the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, dated July 8, 1863. The second document is General Lee's Farewell Address to the Confederate Army, dated April 10, 1865.

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9. 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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