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1. 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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2. Cameron Memoranda for Biography - 1892-1896

   Similar to Object ID 2009.75.181 biography. Born November 19, 1892. School to Charles Campbell and Thomas S. Davidson. North Carolina Military Academy, Hillsboro, for two sessions in 1858. Moved to Missouri 1859 and clerk in St. Louis at Memphis Packet Company until spring 1861. At Camp Jackson with Missouri Minute Men when they were captured by General Lyon, but escaped in the confusion and left the same night in the last boat that went South...

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3. 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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4. Early Days of the War. - July 1895

   George S. Bernard of Petersburg, Virginia, kept a diary after entering military service. He was a member of the Petersburg Riflemen, which was organized in December 1859 in response to John Brown's raid. The Petersburg Riflemen were one of five regiments that formed the 4th Battalion of Virginia Volunteers (later the 12th Virginia Infantry). The typed page, which is based on Bernard's wartime diary, ends in mid-sentence. Glued to the bottom o...

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5. Fight at Malvern Hill - Article written by George S. Bernard - September 23, 1897

   This article, printed in the September 26, 1887 issue of the Petersburg Index Appeal, was written by George S. Bernard on September 23, 1887. The newspaper is in pieces and some lines can not be read. The article is very detailed. Many paragraphs were taken from the reports of the officers (Northern and Southern) directly involved in the battle. To help summarize the article the names of the individuals who gave a report or relate their recoll...

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6. John E. Laughton talks to the George Pickett Camp - 1895

   Capt. John Laughton gave a talk to the George Pickett Camp of Confederate Veterans about his experiences while attached to the Sharpshooter Battalion of Gen. William Mahone's Brigade. The talk was printed in the Richmond newspaper. The paper was folded and has damage at the fold. A small piece of newsprint is missing at the beginning of the article. While in winter quarters near Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1864, General Mahone conceived the ide...

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