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

   Letter headed Camp of 2nd Va. Cavalry, near Orange C. H., June 2, 1863 from Cary Breckinridge to his sister Lucy telling of recent events in camp, they are drilling and having parades in prepreparation of a grand review for Gen. Stewart [Stuart] next Friday, mentions a recent election that their candidate did not win, family slave Jim was delayed in delivering supplies from Lynchburg where he had problems with his pass and had to leave a box for ...

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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. 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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4. George Jefferson Hundley recollections - April 29, 1895

   George Jefferson Hundley was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1838. On his mother's side he was the great-great-grandson of Peter Field Jefferson, who was an uncle of President Thomas Jefferson. Orphaned at an early age he was reared by relatives in Amelia County, Virginia. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia, and was licensed to practice in 1860. Hundley enlisted as a private in the 19th Virginia Infantry, where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant....

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5. Newspaper Article - May 1894

   Undetermined newspaper with a date of May 1894 (May 26, 1894 date found with a Mortuary Report on the reverse). The newspaper clipping has deteriorated, with the top in pieces. The author is unknown but relates his experience at "Yellow Tavern" on 11 May 1864. Background: On the morning of 11 May, 1862, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalrymen reached the abandoned stagecoach inn "Yellow Tavern" only 6 miles from Richmond. Outnumbered, Stuart depl...

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6. Robert Hall Smith (1888-1960): A Man of Integrity - circa 1970

   An eight-page typescript titled "Robert Hall Smith (1888-1960): A Man of Integrity" by Betty Carlson and Jane Stuart Smith.

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