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1. 06/03/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Grove Hill June 3rd 1864 from Emma W. G. Breckinridge to her son George telling of her despair that his older brother Gilmer was probably mortally wounded in action [In fact he died at Kennon's Landing on May 24, 1864] but his wife Julia was dreaming that he was wounded and still alive, tells of Yankee troops raiding in Botetourt County, and they lost quite a bit, but hid clothes, bottles of wine, guns, carpets in the office behind ...

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2. 08/12/1875 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Brenham Texas, August 12th 1875 from Jeff Bassett to his niece Nannie Breckinridge answering her previous letter, commenting on Nannie's possibly writing in "french" and he could not read her letter, thankfully it was in English, she has described herself as being flawed in several ways and Jeff replies that he counts on character more then appearances. Apparently his oldest daughter Alice is planning a visit to Grove Hill and he gi...

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3. 08/30/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Ivy Creek, Augt. 30th 1864 from William Gilmer to his nephew George Breckinridge replying to an earlier letter he had received from George, tells of the wounding of Cary Breckinridge by a minnie ball through his leg, shot near Berryville, Clark County, Virginia on Sunday August 19 where he was leading a regiment into a calvary fight when he was wounded and his horse killed in action. Cary left on the day before for Charlottesville a...

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4. Boaz Siding, the Honey Hole. - Boaz Siding, the Honey Hole, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Grade. The Blue Ridge Grade, a few miles east of downtown Roanoke, Virginia, is a 1.2% grade stretching for eight and a half miles. Until the N&W's merger with the Virginian Railway in 1959 offered easier access to Norfolk, Virginia, Blue Ridge was the last big climb before the long descent to Tidewater. The N&W kept Class Y6 pusher locomotives stationed at Boaz Siding to help heavy coal and merchandise freights over the grade. The spot was quite pretty, with a little table under a willow tree by a little stream. The engine crews kept it tidy, but there were no sanitary facilities there, so the place earned the ironic nickname "The Honey Hole." In one of his most theatrical images, Winston Link has carefully set the scene. To the left, the engineeer and fireman finish their coffee as their locomotive steams quietly behind them, while the caboose of the next train to be pushed over the grade rolls slowly to a stop. Link even provided a special lantern for the people on the caboose. It was wired with a flashbulb and handed up to them as the caboose was passing the pusher locomotive's tender. This was a photograph the photographer enjoyed because of the way in which the willow tree draped over the scene of the locomotive and men.

   OWL2003.09.21

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5. Bonsack Baseball Team - Black and white photograph of the Bonsack baseball team for the year1900. Handwritten notes on the reverse of the photograph state that the team played 24 games that season and won all 24.

   1975.8.7

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6. Bonsack Baseball Team, 1900 - A black and white photograph of the Bonsack fast hitting baseball team in 1900. The won all 24 of the games they played that year.

   1998.24.010

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7. Bridge 90 At Bonsack, Virginia - Longer shot of bridge 90 at Bonsack during daylight, showing the entire setup, the switchman's shack, the water sign and the bridge beyond.

   OWL2007.04.2134

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8. Class A In A Hurry, Bonsack, VA. - This is an effort to replicate class A in a hurry, but shot just slighty too soon.

   OWL2007.04.2131

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9. Contact print of train arriving at Bonsack, Virginia - Color contact print of train arriving at Bonsack, Virginia. Attached is O. Winston Link's note. (This image is on the same sheet as another contact print, NW 64KAC-1.)

   OWL2007.08.410

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10. Empty Hopper Extra Over Bridge 90 At Bonsack, Va. - Empty hoppers extra, west; bridge 90 at Bonsack. This is a test for the highball for the doulbe-header; the train moving in the opposite direction, but the switchman is signaling with his lantern.

    OWL2007.04.2124

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11. Highball for the Doubleheader - Highball for the Doubleheader, Blue Ridge Grade. Winston Link's 19th trip to the N&W was one of his shortest, April 20-April 26, 1959. Link made the trip just to create this photograph. He was about to issue the third of his LP recordings, "Thunder on Blue Ridge", and he wanted a Blue Ridge image on the cover.

    OWL2002.02.15

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12. Highball For The Double-header - Shot taken at the location of highball for the double-header as the train passes by to the left.

    OWL2007.04.2135

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13. Highball For The Double Header, Blue Ridge Grade, Bonsack, Virginia - Double header train with Class A's 1239 and 1238 get highball from W. B. Tanner, Blue Ridge Grade, Bonsack, Virginia. Bridge 90 is just past the shack at Bonsack. Assistant on this shot was David Plowden.

    OWL2007.04.2127

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14. letter - 11/03/1861 9/22/1859

    Letter headed Grove Hill Nov. 3rd 1861 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter Mary B. Woodville telling of hearing the good news that Mary's husband Dr. Lewis Woodville had been reassigned in the Confederate army to the facility at White Sulphur Springs where he would be closer to his family living in Sweet Springs, offering to send her a carriage so she could visit her husband at the White Sulphur, also to purchase salt for them in quanti...

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15. letter - 12/30/1861 9/22/1859

    Letter headed Grove Hill, Dec 30th, 1861 to her sister Eliza Breckinridge from Lucy on page 1 and her mother Emma Gilmer Breckinridge on the back page. Lucy writes about Gilmer and Julia coming home for Christmas, all sick including the baby Nannie. Lucy plans to join Eliza in Richmond as soon as possible, tells of attending church last Sunday and the people she saw, of a possible wedding between Dr. B [Bowyer?] and Jane S. Their mother writes a...

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16. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

    Letter headed Grove Hill June 28th, 1861 Friday to her husband Dr. Lewis Woodville from Mary Ann Breckinridge Woodville, telling of horses and a box being sent to the Doctor, sending a wagon to pick up a hay press for Mr. Morgan who has a government contract to furnish hay to the Army, horses being sent to Lynchburg to be put on cars to go north, Gilmer's [Breckinridge] company is leaving for the war next week and they are busy making tents for t...

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17. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

    Letter headed Avenel July 13th [1861] from Fanny Burwell to Eliza Breckinridge responding to an invitation to visit Grove Hill which her "Ma" would not allow due to the unsettled conditions in the state with "such a confusion of soldiers and cars", she is proposing that Eliza, Lucy and Miss Mary [Breckinridge Woodville] to come over to visit with the Burwells, makes a comment that "if the Yankees left us for five minutes, the Virginians would go ...

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18. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

    Letter headed Grove Hill August 15th, 1861 from Emma W. Breckinridge to her son John who is serving in the Confederate army unit commanded by his brother Gilmer in the Camp of Instruction near Richmond, she tells of the men who have come home on furlough and some of the needs they have for clothing, food and so on, that will be sent as soon as they complete making the uniforms, of troops passing near their farm on the way to Richmond, that brothe...

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19. Letter from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister, Mary B. Woodville - December 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835

    Letter headed "Grove Hill December 1854, Monday morning" from Eliza Breckinridge to her older sister, Mary B. Woodville, telling of her trip from Grove Hill by stage coach to Bonsack, where she caught the [railroad] cars to Lynchburg and stayed with her Uncle Harmer Gilmer. She had dental work done while there and also shopped for a long list of items, wishing she had more money to spend, of the people she met and visited, of her return trip on t...

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20. Letter to Dr. Hugh H. Trout, Jr. from Alma G. Hart Keyser - August 7, 1967

    A typed letter to Dr. Hugh H. Trout, Jr. from Alma G. Hart Keyser about the Invalid's Home that her parents ran in Big Lick, Virginia enclosing a copy of their booklet on the facility.

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