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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. 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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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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4. Flowers for Dead Heroes by Rev. William H. Platt - June 10, 1894

   The twenty-eighth observance of Memorial Day is the basis of this newspaper article. The paper is badly damaged and split at the folds where it was folded and stored. The first part of the article pertains to the ceremony itself and is followed by the oration of the Reverend Platt. Petersburg was attacked thirty years ago by the Union cavalry of General Kautz, held at bay by 125 citizen soldiers under the command of Colonel Archer until reinfo...

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5. John E. Laughton August 2, 1892 letter - August 2, 1892

   The letter in principle is a list of names submitted to Bernard which contains the names of soldiers that were charged for clothing and supplies. Laughton writes to Bernard that the publication of the addresses delivered to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans reminded him of a roll he possesses of the Petersburg Rifleman, Company E, 12th Virginia Infantry at the time he was commander of the company. He states that the wounding of se...

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6. John Thomas Parham talks before the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans - September 6, 1894

   John Thomas Parham was born in Prince George County. At age 18, he joined the 32nd Virginia Infantry regiment, Company "C". Eventually, he was detailed as a color sergeant. In 1864 he was commissioned 1st lieutenant. He survived the war. Later in life, he became a member of the Petersburg City Council, a deputy collector of customs, Deputy Sergeant of the City of Petersburg, Virginia, and in 1896 was a newspaper editor. Background. The Marylan...

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7. Lee's Birthday Military Review-November 5, 1863 - September 7, 1894

   George S. Bernard gave an address to the A.P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans which was printed in the Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal. His subject was his recollections of the cavalry review given to celebrate the birthday of Robert E. Lee on November 5, 1863. The review was witnessed by Lee, his staff, division and corps commanders, infantry, and artillery. The cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia were positioned on the open plain along the...

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8. Letter from unknown writer from Wilmington, North Carolina - October 7, 1892

   The writer has received a copy of Bernard's pamphlet about "War Talks of Confederate Veterans" and has read the address that Bernard delivered to the A. P. Hill camp of Confederate Veterans at Petersburg as well as the addenda. The writer will keep it for his boys, as he regards it as the most valuable of any war papers, because it is faithful in detail and history. The writer knows of no one in their command who, in his opinion, could give the f...

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9. Newspaper clippings - 1895

   Bernard saved publicity clippings of places where he would give or had given a lecture. He would be invited to Confederate Veteran Camps, indoor or outdoor venues, and women's clubs. The audiences were both Union and Confederate Veterans, ladies, gentlemen and children. His lectures were on his recollections of his war time experiences, plus other war time events. To add to his talk he would show photographs via stereopticon views (a slide projec...

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10. Recollections of Walter N. Jones - 1894

    The 14 typed pages comprise the address delivered to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg, on April 5, 1894, by Walter N. Jones, who claimed to be the youngest Confederate to surrender at Appomattox Court House, There is a page 3 1/2 inserted. On the reverse of the last page is a handwritten note by Jones and a written notation by George S. Bernard. Jones, in 1864, was a 13 year-old boy who lived in Dinwiddie County, Virginia...

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11. Supreme Court Letter of Appeal - September 29, 1892

    The letter's heading is "Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia from Richmond, VA" and is dated September 29, 1892. It is written to Bernard; it pertains to one of his legal cases, N & W Railroad vs. Anderson; and it refers to a writ of error. The letter was delayed by being sent to Staunton. The writ was awarded and the bond fixed at $2,500.00, signed by T. T. Fauntleroy. The second part of the letter refers to an address given by Bernard to th...

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12. 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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13. William G. Coyle letter - 1896

    This letter is from William G. Coyle to a Mrs. James B. Jones. No date is entered and the word copy is at the top. The "Dead Soldier" in this letter is also mentioned in Object ID 2009.75.074. Coyle writes (from New Orleans) to Mrs. Jones that Major General Eichelman has sent her letter (that she wrote to Eichelman), to Coyle. Enclosed with the letter was a copy of a paper by J. P. Williamson who read the paper to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confed...

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