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1. Biography of General James A. Walker - 1896

   James A. Walker was born in Augusta County, Virginia on August 27, 1832, and was a student at the Virginia Military Institute. After leaving the Institute in 1852 he was employed for two years as a civil engineer on the Covington and Ohio Railroad. He attended law school at the University of Virginia and was located at Pulaski Court House in 1855 as a lawyer. He was elected attorney for Pulaski County. At the time of the John Brown Raid, he began...

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2. Biography of George J. Hundley - 1896

   George Jefferson Hundley was born March 22, 1838. He was raised in Amelia County, Virginia by his mother's relatives, the Jeffersons, as his mother died when he was three. His ancestry on both sides was from Virginia, his father's side was English and Huguenot and his mother of English descent. He attended Fleetwood Academy in Nelson County and Hampden-Sydney College. Hundley then went to the law school of Judge Brockenbrough in Lexington, Virgin...

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3. Cockade City's Surrender by J. P. Williamson - June 17, 1894

   The first four pages are newspaper strips that have been glued to scrap paper. The paper is from Bernard's old legal cases; the typing on the reverse is visible through the paper. At the bottom of the first page is a biography, written by Bernard, of Mr. Williamson. Inserted between the cut newspaper articles are photo images that are referred to within the text. Following the first four pages are four pages, titled "Addendum", that pertain to an...

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