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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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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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Biography of James Power Smith - 1896
The first two pages of this three-page series are a draft of the third page. James Power Smith was born July 4, 1837, at New Athens, Ohio. His father, the Reverend Joseph Smith, was president of a college in that city. His mother, Eliza Bell. was from Winchester, Virginia. He graduated in 1856 from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, and was also graduated from Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In May 1861, he enlist...
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Biography of John T. Parham - 1896
Ensign John T. Parham was born in Prince George County, Virginia, October 26, 1843, and educated in Petersburg at the classical school of Professor William T. Davis. At the start of the war, Parham was a clerk in his father's store, the late Henry Parham, once the clerk of Prince George County, but at that time a merchant of York County, Virginia, doing business as a merchant at the half-way house between Williamsburg and Yorktown. Parham enliste...
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Invitation to 4th NY Artillery Reunion - August 5, 1892
An invitation to Bernard to attend the Seventh Annual Reunion of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery, which will be held in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 1892. There will be a parade, and a dinner that will be held at the Willard Hotel. The next day there will be a tent meeting of the Association in White Lot. Excursions to forts and battlefields on ensuing days at minimum expense. Posts seeking free lodgings should apply at once. A list of ...
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James Kemp - June 24, 1894
Fort Steadman is also spelled Stedman. This newspaper clipping was written by James Campbell Kemp, who lived in Petersburg and witnessed (from a distance) the fall of Fort Steadman on March 25, 1865. Kemp was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to America in 1852. He was a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocer, later becoming a bookkeeper-cashier for a tobacco manufacturer. From 1888 until 1892, he was the clerk for the mayor of Petersburg. The ar...
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John E. Laughton May 23, 1892 (continued) letter - May 23, 1892
The list is a continuation from the May 23, 1892 letter referred to in Object ID 2009.75.201. Primarily a list of names of those killed or wounded at various battles, who were members of the Richmond Grays, Company G, 12th Virginia Infantry.
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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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Letter - July 10, 1862
Letter from Civil War soldier (W. N. Curry) to Mr. James Curry from a camp near Richmond, Virginia dated July 10, 1862.
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Still Hull Letter and Prospectus - June 1, 1896
The first image is Bernard's prospectus receipt for Volume II War Talks of Confederate Veterans which says the signer will pay $1.50 for the book when it is printed and ready for delivery. The second image is Hull's letter, in which he states he is pleased to hear from Bernard, and he desires the 2nd volume. He reflects on the names of battles in which he took part. He remembers when 32 years ago his command received the wrong order and went t...
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Transcript - July 10, 1862
This is a transcript of the letter in Object ID1963.14.2a. The only change made is (due to a mis-reading by the transcriber), the addressee resided at Monroe County, Virginia instead of Montgomery County.
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Using the Wounded as an Excuse - 1895
A letter written by then Captain James H. Meacham of the 41st Virginia Infantry relates two stories, one Southern and one Northern, that indicate that a wound can offer an excuse to go to the rear. Image one. Captain Meacham tells the reader that a Southern soldier in his company received a wound in his foot and begged to be taken to the rear. On reaching the man, Meacham found it a minor wound and decided the soldier would not be taken to the...
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"War Talks" - Prospectus of Volume ll - May 26, 1896
George S. Bernard distributed this flyer to subscribers. He informs the reader that Volume II is ready to go to press, just as soon as he has enough subscribers who will forward $1.50 for the book. The book will be similar to his first volume; it will have 400 pages and contain 27 chapters with portraits, illustrations, and photographs. He lists individuals who have contributed war- time accounts, both civilian and military. This book, like the f...
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