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1. 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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2. 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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3. Father and Son Meet on the Battlefield by J. N. Stubbs - 1895

   At the bottom of the first page of Stubb's letter, Bernard has glued this biography of James N. Stubbs. James N. Stubbs was born October 17, 1839, in Gloucester County, Virginia, and was educated at William & Mary College. He joined the Gloucester Artillery in 1861, was commissioned a First Lieutenant in 1862, and was sent to Texas to report to Gen. John Bankhead Magruder, also called "Prince John". Stubbs remained in the Trans Mississippi Dep...

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4. Richard W. Flournoy Postcard - August 9, 1892

   Mr. Flournoy is sending Bernard a list of the members of Otey's Battery who became ministers of the gospel.

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5. William G. Coyle letter - 1896

   This letter is from William G. Coyle to a Mrs. James B. Jones. No date is entered and the word copy is at the top. The "Dead Soldier" in this letter is also mentioned in Object ID 2009.75.074. Coyle writes (from New Orleans) to Mrs. Jones that Major General Eichelman has sent her letter (that she wrote to Eichelman), to Coyle. Enclosed with the letter was a copy of a paper by J. P. Williamson who read the paper to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confed...

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