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Newspaper cutout details the festivities surrounding Memorial Day organized by the William R. Terry Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Impersonations of famous historical figures are described throughout the small article, including figures such as Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Historical songs such as "When you and I were Young, Maggie" and "Tenting Tonight" were sung by participants. The "Virginia Reel" folk dance wa...
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.45 caliber Colt Dragoon bullet, which was intended for use in the Colt Dragoon Revolver. Has not been fired. Found in Falmouth, Virginia.
1983.58.17
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57.5 caliber William's Cleaner Type 3. Has not been fired. Believed to have been for use in an Agar machine gun. Found at Gaines Mill, Virginia. Possibly an artefact from the Battle of Gaines' Mill.
1983.58.9
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58 caliber William's Cleaner Type 2. Has not been fired. Hole on top made by musket worm. Conical tip has been pressed in a little bit. Found in Richmond, Virginia. Dirt buildup on the pin of the bullet.
1983.58.8
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This is a Springfield conversion musket. It is wooden and brass with a stamped plate reading "Springfield 1823" and "US." It is also adorned with an eagle.
1964.70.4
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This item is a Naval cutlass sword, circa 1855. It is housed in a leather sheath that has been stamped with the number "300."
1964.69.12
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After-Photographs of Crater Action - 1892
This Object ID is made up of two pages. Each page contains two photograph images, all of which refer to "The Crater". Each view (#1, 2, 3, and 4) has an explantion, beneath the image, of what the photo is revealing.
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Alex. R. Hair Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903
The Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion, Card number 181 is issued to Alex R. Hair, Company E, (the regiment number is overwritten) Mahone's Brigade. He is entitled to the Medal of Honor that will be presented on the battlefield November 6, 1903. Notation states that medal was delivered. Other cards from the Legion are issued to the 12th Virginia.
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Alice Gidding October letter - October 18, 1892
Alice Gidding writes Bernard that she owes him an apology as she has heard from her sister (Mrs. Weedon) in Washington, D.C., that she did not have the photograph that she (Alice) thought she had (a photo of Bernard and Confederates). Alice then wrote to Mr. West's daughters to see if Bernard had given her father one of the photos, but wrote back she did not. For this Alice is truly sorry as she knows how much Bernard would like to have one to se...
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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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Alice I. Gidding September letter - September 3, 1892
Alice Gidding is writing Bernard to tell him she has received his letter, was glad to hear from him and his family, and wishes they could meet again. Perhaps some day she will see them. She tells Bernard about the photo he had referred to. She and her sister (Mrs. Blake) had one together with several Confederate friends, but cannot put her hands on one just now. She has written to her other sister (Mrs. Weedon) who lives in Washington D. C., and ...
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An E. W. Schutte letter - 1894
Written on paper that has a furniture-company heading. Schutte is writing to Bernard to inform him that he had expected to visit the "Cockade City" (Petersburg) in the summer and had hoped to walk over old ground and stand over more of the Jerusalem Plank Road. That was where Schutte helped build one of the forts during July 1864. But he states that "man proposes and God disposes" as a fire in their factory has upset all his plans. He hopes to...
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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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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 Caption Memo - 1896
Believed to have some connection to the prior Object ID 2009.75.045, but there is no photograph attached to the memo written by George Bernard. It reads as follows: The battlefield of the Crater as seen from the car windows of the trains of the Norfolk and Western Railroad between mile posts 79 and 80 looking southeast about 20 miles out of Petersburg. Along the brow or crest of the hill, visible near the center and left of the picture, stood ...
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Bernard letter - 1862
This is a two-part page. The lower section is the more important. The first part is taken from another letter and has been cut and pasted to make the top of the page. The first part is a partial account written by Bernard in which he recalls an event that is not specifically described and is at first unclear. But a clue can be taken from the date of the second entry. From that date it could be determined that Bernard was referring to the close of...
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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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