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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. Captain C. T. Allen at Fort Harrison. - 1894 (approximate)

   The first image indicates a chapter number that Bernard wrote down, and the name Captain C. T. Allen. This is the only indication that the letter was written by Allen. The notation is written on scrap paper that Bernard used and is on the reverse of an old legal transcript. The actual first page of the letter has been glued to another page and the page number is not visible. The content appears to be in Bernard's handwriting. In September o...

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4. Dr. H. N. D. Parker letter - July 31, 1894

   Parker is writing to Bernard informing him that he has received Volume One of War Talks of Confederate Veterans and the prospectus. He encloses payment for two copies of Volume One, and asks for extra copies of the prospectus so that he can distribute them to his Grand Army Post. Parker has looked over the book and approves of the content very much, and states that others who have interest in the late war should also approve. He will present ...

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5. Fredericksburg to the Valley of Virginia. - November 1893

   George S. Bernard spoke to the R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond on November 3, 1893, about his experiences during the Gettysburg Campaign. His talk was published in the newspaper. Bernard used his wartime diary and notebooks as source material for the talk. After the Battle of Chancellorsville, Mahone's Brigade made camp at Salem Church, and then marched to Fredericksburg to relieve Barksdale's brigade. After a week, the reg...

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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. 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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8. Newspaper article on Elliott's Brigade at the Crater - March 5, 1899

   This newspaper article takes up two full pages with the first part on the front page, continuing on the reverse. The paper is deteriorating, which has resulted in some empty spaces. Four images make up the front page and four images the reverse. The first two images are advertisements and have no connection to the story. The story of Elliott's Brigade begins at the bottom half of the front page and continues on the whole of the reverse side. The ...

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9. Recollections of Walter N. Jones - 1894

   The 14 typed pages comprise the address delivered to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg, on April 5, 1894, by Walter N. Jones, who claimed to be the youngest Confederate to surrender at Appomattox Court House, There is a page 3 1/2 inserted. On the reverse of the last page is a handwritten note by Jones and a written notation by George S. Bernard. Jones, in 1864, was a 13 year-old boy who lived in Dinwiddie County, Virginia...

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10. 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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