Search Term Record
Metadata
Name |
Crater (Petersburg) |
Related Records
-
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.
Record Type: Archive
-
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.
Record Type: Archive
-
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 ...
Record Type: Archive
-
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 ...
Record Type: Archive
-
Cameron letter of May 1, 1892 - May 1, 1892
Cameron writes to Bernard from Tallahassee, Florida, informing Bernard that he has a feeling of being a fish-out-of-water. The people he finds to be kind, and the life to be lazy, but it would be monotonous in the long term. He is unable to find any of his notes on the Chancellorsville article, but will go to the library and reproduce entries from the "War Record", for without some historical data he could not be accurate. If he finds the book...
Record Type: Archive
-
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...
Record Type: Archive
-
Crater Legion Membership Card - November 1, 1903
Membership Card titled "Headquarters Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion" issued to Robert Frigna, Company K, 12th Virginia Regiment, of Mahone's Brigade. The member is entitled to a Medal of Honor that will be presented on the battlefield, November 6, 1903. There is a name at the bottom of the card that can not be determined. The name begins with J. M. the last name begins with an L.
Record Type: Archive
-
Delevan Bates Letter - July 9, 1892
Lieutenant Bates (later a General) was appointed Colonel of the Thirtieth U.S. Colored Troops. Their first charge was made in front of Petersburg, and Bates led the colored division. Colonel Bates was shot through the head inside the Confederate lines. After the war (1873), he went West, and eventually became Mayor of Aurora, Nebraska. He also was vice-president of the First National Bank of Aurora. Bates informs Bernard that he thinks Colonel...
Record Type: Archive
-
Delevan Bates letter of August 29, 1892 - August 29, 1892
Bates has corrected any errors in the proof and is returning the same. He is happy that his letter will appear (in War Talks) as it fills a place that no other does: "the preparation of the colored troops for the charge". He also encloses another picture of himself and of a couple of colored soldiers. He suggests that Bernard put in as many illustrations as he can, because everybody likes pictures. He knows illustrations cost money but he will be...
Record Type: Archive
-
Delevan Bates letter of August 31, 1892 - August 31, 1892
In writing his article for Bernard, while describing the "Battle of the Crater", Bates mentioned Ransom's Brigade of North Carolina Troops. He stated that it might have been "Ramseur's". He asks Bernard to make the change if Ransom was not there but Ramseur was. He then states that if neither officer was in command of the troops that fired the volley in which he was shot, he asks Bernard to change the name to correspond to the facts. Bates believ...
Record Type: Archive
-
Dr. H. N. D. Parker letter - July 31, 1894
Parker is writing to Bernard informing him that he has received Volume One of War Talks of Confederate Veterans and the prospectus. He encloses payment for two copies of Volume One, and asks for extra copies of the prospectus so that he can distribute them to his Grand Army Post. Parker has looked over the book and approves of the content very much, and states that others who have interest in the late war should also approve. He will present ...
Record Type: Archive
-
Exhuming Graves - 1892
The item is a newspaper clipping titled "A Grave Scene." An unknown person has written a comment above the clipping. The clipping itself has been glued to a green piece of paper and where the glue has dried the words are almost illegible. The pencilled comment reads: When the people approved by the Federal Government to exhume the bodies of the soldiers killed in the war had reached the vicinity of the Crater, their operations during one day w...
Record Type: Archive
-
George Marshall Letter - May 22, 1896
The first image is a letter from George Marshall to Bernard. He received the book Bernard sent (Volume One), but has not had time to read it. He enclosed a postal money order for $2.50 for two books, as he wants one sent to Colonel Bosbysheel, who is also from Pennsylvania. Bosbysheel has written a history of his regiment the 48th Pennsylvania, which built the mine at the Crater. Marshall also wants his name put down for Volume Two. The second...
Record Type: Archive
-
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 240, issued to James W. Blankenship, of Company D, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented a Medal of Honor on the Battlefield November 1, 1903.
Record Type: Archive
-
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 248, issued to James W. Jean of Company I, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented with a Medal of Honor on the Battlefield on November 6th, 1903. Signed with Jean's mark. Note on card says medal received.
Record Type: Archive
-
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903
The Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 249 is presented to Joseph C. Robinson, Company C, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented a Medal of Honor on the battlefield on November 6, 1903. Received by Irene Robinson.
Record Type: Archive
-
Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903
Frank M. Robbins is member #185 of the Crater Legion. He is from Company E, 12th Virginia Regiment of Mahone's Brigade, and is entitled to a Medal of Honor. The medal will be presented on the Battlefield November 6, 1903. There is a comment on the side that states that the medal was received.
Record Type: Archive
-
Howard Aston letter - December 3, 1892
A letter from Howard Aston thanking George Bernard for his kindness, and acknowledging that he received his copy of "War Talks of Confederate Veterans." Aston states that he has only glanced over it but hopes to thoroughly peruse the book shortly. He had hoped to see Bernard at the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment in Washington City, but was not able to attend. Howard Aston was a partner in a company that manufactured flour, based in Zan...
Record Type: Archive
-
H. P. Jones letter - August 6, 1892
When looking at the image (1 of 4), what is on the far right half is the first page of the letter. What is on the left hand side is up- side down and will become page four. It was written after the letter was believed finished, perhaps it was considered a post script. Image (3 of 4) when looking at the right hand side of the paper becomes page two. What becomes page three is written side-ways on the left hand side of the paper. Jones wrote ...
Record Type: Archive
-
James Campbell Kemp Post Card - September 10, 1892
In flowing handwriting, J. Campbell Kemp writes the following: "The writer has never ceased to flatter himself with the hope that Mr. Bernard will see fit to invent 'A Memory of the Crater' in his forthcoming volume." The postcard is postmarked Petersburg, Virginia, September 10, 1892.
Record Type: Archive
