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07/21/1863 9/22/1859
Envelope addressed to Major P. G. Breckinridge, Co. C, 2nd Va. Calvary, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Calvary Division, Army of Northern Va. Pattonsburg, Va. Post mark is dated July 21. Appears that a stamp on the rear side of this envelope was removed and the post mark is not legible, but was probably same as the mark on the front of this envelope. Words: hat, boots written in a different writing on the front of this envelope.
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Alice I. Gidding - August 1, 1892
Alice Gidding is informing Bernard that she and her sister (Mrs. Blake) received the papers he sent, and they enjoyed reading them. By reading them they were reminded of their old home in Maryland, and of the time of Bernard's war-time sojourn with them. She says it was a fearful time considering the dreadful people they had to put up with. She goes on to say that Bernard has probably heard of the death of her parents. After they died the farm wa...
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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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Beauregard at Drewry's Bluff & Petersburg - April 12, 1893
Johnson Hagood was born in South Carolina, educated at the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel), practiced law, and was a member of the state militia. He entered the Confederate service at the start of the Civil War and in 1862 was ranked as a Brigadier General. In early 1864 he was in charge of the Seventh Military District of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, commanded by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. When Beauregard wa...
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Bernard Autobiography - 1895
This handwritten page is an autobiography of George S. Bernard. His name appears at the top, but the page is not dated. The content is almost an identical copy of the Bernard autobiography that appears as the second entry in the Object ID 2009.75.008. It begins with Bernard's birth in 1937 and ends in 1893. His education and professional accomplishments are summarized. In 1885 his "Civil Service Reform Versus The Spoils System" was published, fol...
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Bernard letter - circa 1894
A letter written by Bernard to E. W. Schutte. The paper is very fragile and all sides are damaged. Bernard was replying to Mr. Schutte after a delay of several weeks, and thanked him for the pleasant words he wrote about the old soldiers of The Army of Northern Virginia, and for a comment he made about Bernard's book, War Talks of Confederate Veterans. Bernard then commented on the continuing good feelings of the old soldiers from the two armies,...
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Biography of Samuel H. Pulliam. - 1896
Samuel H. Pulliam was born in Richmond, January 16, 1841. He was the son of Samuel T. Pulliam. Prior to the war, he was the recorder and presiding magistrate for the city. He graduated from Richmond College and attended the University of Virginia where he was graduated from several of its schools. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in a battery of light artillery with Capt. S. Taylor Martin in command. The unit was made up of men from Virginia and...
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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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Colonel Randolph Harrison/Rural Messenger letter
Colonel Harrison sends his regrets for his delay in writing Bernard, who sent him an account of the Crater, and says how much he enjoyed reading it. He states he can add nothing in the way of history to what Bernard had written. He knows of little incidents that are not of general interest. He writes that he would say something about the account of a Colonel Roman and the flank fire from Wise's Brigade. He (Harrison) was in command of the 4th Hea...
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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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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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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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Hail the Army of Northern Virginia. - 1895
Part of a badly-deteriorated letter that indicates it is page 3. At the fold where the typing stops and a hand-written poem begins, there is a partial name. The typewritten name is more than likely that of the author, who appears to be W. Eagleston. The contents, though meager, inform the reader that the men who fought for the Army of Northern Virginia were men who continued to believe in their native land, despite the odds. He wants future gener...
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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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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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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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Newspaper clipping - March 6, 1890
Excerpt from an address given by Doctor John Herbert Claiborne to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg that appeared in a newspaper clipping with the focus given to the date May 22nd, 1865. Writer states he had made arrangements to join the Black Horse Cavalry the last week in May, but Joseph E. Johnson had surrendered, which changed the situation. Writer then goes to Richmond for his parole, later taking the amnesty oath. Un...
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Post Card from Conaut - January 27, 1896
Post card from H. W. Conaut living in Ontario, Canada, to George Bernard, thanking him for "War Talks of Confederate Veterans" and requests to be notified when the second volume is done. He compliments Bernard on the compilation and says that Bernard deserves credit. Conaut thought that Colonel Archer's submission was the best. Conault says that War Talks gives a personal insight into war, where other histories tell it in an ordinary way, with fi...
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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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Schutte, E. W. letter - May 25, 1894
The letter has damage to both edges and is written on company letter head. Schutte is informing Bernard that he already has his book as he secured it from Richmond. He assumes that what he has received in the mail is the same book, but if not, and it is an additional "Talks", then he wants a copy. He found the book interesting even though he is a "Yankee" soldier from New York, as it shows up the valor, fighting, and soldierly qualities of ...
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