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1. Biography of John C. Griffin - 1896

   Captain John C. Griffin was born February 22, 1832, in Charlotte County, Virginia, where his father, Capt. Spencer Calicote Griffin, a farmer, lived. He moved with his father to Granville County, North Carolina, where he started his education. He later was a student at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. At age 20 his grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Nelson of Nottoway County, appointed him as farmer in charge of a large farm near Burkville Junction, Vir...

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2. Biography of Walter N. Jones - 1896

   Walter N. Jones was born August 3, 1850, in Manchester, Virginia, whose [sic] ancestors for generations have lived in Eastern Virginia. His father was [the] Reverend Thomas H Jones, of Gloucester County, Virginia, and his mother was Rosa C. Day of Manchester, Virginia. Both parents died before Walter was twelve years old. After his mother died in 1862, he lived with his uncle, Dr. Francis F. Jones of Gloucester, then living in Dinwiddie County...

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3. Captain John Griffin in Dinwiddie County - 1894

   This letter by Capt. John C. Griffin is about life in Dinwiddie County in the vicinity of the opposing armies during the last years of the war. The 37 pages are typewritten and on the first two pages are glued a brief biography of Griffin. The line stating his date and place of birth are unreadable, but the next line refers to Virginia. The family moved to North Carolina where Griffin was educated. He attended Hampden Sydney College in Virginia, ...

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4. Cockade City's Surrender by J. P. Williamson - June 17, 1894

   The first four pages are newspaper strips that have been glued to scrap paper. The paper is from Bernard's old legal cases; the typing on the reverse is visible through the paper. At the bottom of the first page is a biography, written by Bernard, of Mr. Williamson. Inserted between the cut newspaper articles are photo images that are referred to within the text. Following the first four pages are four pages, titled "Addendum", that pertain to an...

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5. G. Adolphus Boisseau Addendum letter - September 21, 1894

   The first page is a map sketch of the entrenched lines in the front of Petersburg made by Nathaniel Michler, a Colonel in the Engineers. The map does not match with the names of the places mentioned in the letter. The last or eighth page is the reverse of page seven. Mr. G. Adolphus Boisseau sent a letter (the addendum) dated September 21, 1893, in which he states that he was the little boy referred to by Captain Griffin in a letter sent to Be...

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6. George S. Bernard subscription lists - February 11, 1896

   George S. Bernard maintained a list of names of people who had pre-ordered his Volume 2 of "War Talks of Confederate Veterans." Some of the entries on the eight pages are difficult to determine, so no names are listed. On some lists there appears the address of the recipient and a reference to a letter that person wrote. The heading for the list of names is as follows: "The undersigned will each take one copy of Vol 2 of "War Talks of Confeder...

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7. Homeseekers: Farms. - 1911

   Homeseekers: Farms. A 30-page Real Estate catalog advertising farms for sale. Published by the Virginia Land Immigration Bureau, this catalog covers Albemarle County, Appomattox County, Bedford County, Botetourt County, Campbell County, Dinwiddie County, Franklin County, Giles County, Grayson County, Henry County, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Roanoke County, Valley of Virginia, and Mercer County, West Virginia.

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8. Honorable Charles F. Collier - Reminisces of the evacuation of Petersburg - May 24, 1894

   George S. Bernard received from Charles F. Collier of Petersburg, Virginia, the latter's reminiscences concerning the evacuation of the Confederate Forces from Petersburg, Virginia, and the entry of the Union army into the city. He recorded his recollection of the selected burning of property within the city, by Confederate authorities, beginning April 1, 1865. He told about meeting with Gen. Robert E. Lee and being part of the Committee to surre...

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9. In the Enemies Lines by William E. Cameron - 1895

   As each page is extra long, it was scanned a half-page at a time. The writing is somewhat difficult to read and the folds of the paper have made it impossible to read some words. The last page (11) contains notes A, B, C, and D, which refer to incidents related in paragraphs within the letter. William E. Cameron was born in Petersburg in 1842 and attended Hillsboro Military School and Washington College in St. Louis. He was a drillmaster with...

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10. 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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11. Table of Contents - 1895

    These pages appear to be George Bernard's various attempts to create a rough draft of the table of contents for the second volume of War Talks of Confederate Veterans. Typed and handwritten pages, front and back, with cross-outs and other revisions, appear first, followed by a later draft typed on the front only.

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