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1. 06/02/1863 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Gains Cross Roads, Jun 12, 1863 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia giving details of a recent "fight" his Brigade was involved in with three men slightly wounded, but his unit was not in the hottest part of the battle. He has seen large bodies of infantrymen walking toward Front Royal [Virginia],"some great move is on foot" [early indications of the Confederate invasion on Pennsylvania]. He tells of recovering Yankee saddleb...

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2. Artillery Experiences at Petersburg & Elsewhere by Dr. Joseph W. Eggleston - January 3, 1895

   Eggleston's letter is fragile, the paper is aged, and the edges are beginning to break off. The type is also very light. The letter was used as a talk given to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans, January 3, 1895. Eggleston's opening remarks mention that the current generation shows little interest in the events that occurred between 1861-1865. They are neglecting to preserve the history for future generations. But their children will ...

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3. Captain John Griffin in Dinwiddie County - 1894

   This letter by Capt. John C. Griffin is about life in Dinwiddie County in the vicinity of the opposing armies during the last years of the war. The 37 pages are typewritten and on the first two pages are glued a brief biography of Griffin. The line stating his date and place of birth are unreadable, but the next line refers to Virginia. The family moved to North Carolina where Griffin was educated. He attended Hampden Sydney College in Virginia, ...

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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. G. Adolphus Boisseau Addendum letter - September 21, 1894

   The first page is a map sketch of the entrenched lines in the front of Petersburg made by Nathaniel Michler, a Colonel in the Engineers. The map does not match with the names of the places mentioned in the letter. The last or eighth page is the reverse of page seven. Mr. G. Adolphus Boisseau sent a letter (the addendum) dated September 21, 1893, in which he states that he was the little boy referred to by Captain Griffin in a letter sent to Be...

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