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1. 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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2. 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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3. Table of Contents - 1895

   These pages appear to be George Bernard's various attempts to create a rough draft of the table of contents for the second volume of War Talks of Confederate Veterans. Typed and handwritten pages, front and back, with cross-outs and other revisions, appear first, followed by a later draft typed on the front only.

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4. To the Editor of the Dispatch, Wytheville, Virginia - May 25, 1894

   The first three pages have faded almost to the point where they can not be read, as the typing has faded. Some of the pages have split where they have been folded. Also there is a page missing. There is no signature attached to these papers, but it is believed that this account may have been written by James A. Walker. He was a colonel in the 13th Virginia Infantry, and promoted to a Brigadier General in May 1863. He is buried in the East End ...

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5. "War Talks" - Prospectus of Volume ll - May 26, 1896

   George S. Bernard distributed this flyer to subscribers. He informs the reader that Volume II is ready to go to press, just as soon as he has enough subscribers who will forward $1.50 for the book. The book will be similar to his first volume; it will have 400 pages and contain 27 chapters with portraits, illustrations, and photographs. He lists individuals who have contributed war- time accounts, both civilian and military. This book, like the f...

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