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1. Bernard writes on Petersburg - 1892 - assumed

   Bernard writes about Petersburg, besieged in June 1864. It is not known if he is recalling his own memories or if he is writing a story. Many words within the 19 pages cannot be deciphered as the handwriting is difficult to read. There is no page 3, and the last page is only half of the page. The Federals reached Petersburg in June of 1864, and their lines extended from the Appomattox River to Colonel Avery's house. Only a few brigades opposed...

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2. 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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