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Letter about a lace shawl worn by Elizabeth Taylor Minor at a party given in the honor of General Lafayette in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1825. The letter was written by Jane Minor to Mrs William Henry Dunn of Rapidan, Virginia in Culpeper county on July 25,1912. The letter reads as follows: Lace Shawl-In 1825, Elizabeth Taylor, wife of Col. Thomas Minor, jr. were the chief hostess & host at a Fete given in honor of "General Lafayette" in the...
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06/02/1863 9/22/1859
Letter headed Camp of 2nd Va. Cavalry, near Orange C. H., June 2, 1863 from Cary Breckinridge to his sister Lucy telling of recent events in camp, they are drilling and having parades in prepreparation of a grand review for Gen. Stewart [Stuart] next Friday, mentions a recent election that their candidate did not win, family slave Jim was delayed in delivering supplies from Lynchburg where he had problems with his pass and had to leave a box for ...
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08/06/1863 9/22/1859
Letter headed Aug. 6th, 1863, from Julia Breckinridge to her husband Gilmer telling of news from home, Uncle Jordan and Aunt Deborah are visiting and planning to visit Enghart's [spring's or resort?] for a week, visited with Mrs. Anderson whose son was recently killed in action leaving a widow, young son, and an unborn child "born a few days ago and they called him Joseph", that Major Anderson's servant recently got back from Vicksburg "with grea...
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12/01/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Camp near Fredericksburg, Dec. 1st 1862 from Dr. Gardiner Houston, Jr. to Lucie [Breckinridge] apparently trying to reconcile a misunderstanding that Houston had deceived Lucie in some way and is now hoping to explain the circumstances of why this occurred. He had written to Lucie and had not received any reply. He vows he is not a deceiver. He hopes "to be amid all the changing scenes of life one of her many faithful friends."
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12/30/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Bath Alum [Springs] Dec. 30th 1862 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia telling of receiving Northern papers from some of the troops retreating from West Virginia, gives his thoughts on ways the war might be stopped, news of the great battle at Fredericksburg where the papers claim the losses were greater then the South had heard, proposes a boundary that would separate the Cotton States from Virginia and other border states, ...
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August 17, 1863 9/22/1859
Letter headed Fredericksburg, Aug. 17th 1863 from James Breckinridge to his sister Lucy telling advising Pa [Cary Breckinridge, Sr.] to come on immediately so he can see both battle fields near where "we are stationed", that Uncle William and slave Griffin recently visited and brought clothes the needed, suggest his father come in the ambulance as he could haul the corn he will need to feed his horses and also can sleep in the ambulance if it ra...
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August 1863 9/22/1859
Letter headed Fredericksburg Aug. 15th 1863 from Gilmer to his wife Julie Breckinridge telling of recent events, he has had a visit from his Uncle William [Gilmer] and slave Griffin, is complaining that Griffin did not bring him a fresh horse, Henry Yancey went home and returned with a fresh horse and Cary Breckinridge was able to promote Yancey to Color Corporal, worried about deserters plundering in the mountains and the home guard will be afra...
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August 28, 1863 9/22/1859
Letter headed August 28th [1863 by context] from Julia Breckinridge to her mother in law Emma W. G. Breckinridge telling that Gilmer has just arrived on leave from the Army, he has a sore foot and has been going barefoot in camp, he wants to go to Grove Hill on Monday, but Aunt Deborah is very sick now and they may have to change plans, maybe Mother can come to Buchanan tonight and go to church on Sunday?
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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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Fredericksburg to the Valley of Virginia. - November 1893
George S. Bernard spoke to the R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond on November 3, 1893, about his experiences during the Gettysburg Campaign. His talk was published in the newspaper. Bernard used his wartime diary and notebooks as source material for the talk. After the Battle of Chancellorsville, Mahone's Brigade made camp at Salem Church, and then marched to Fredericksburg to relieve Barksdale's brigade. After a week, the reg...
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J. C. O. Redington, Editor letter - August 4, 1892
The Acme Haversack was a National Magazine of Patriotism and Song. The header at the top of the page indicates that for the year 1892, all subscribers would receive various volumes and souvenir issues. It appears Bernard had written the magazine for a map he wished to use. The editor wrote that Colonel Rogers of the Battlefield Association had received Bernard's letter requesting the map of the battlefield. The Colonel asked the editor, Reding...
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letter - 1861 9/22/1859
Letter headed September 25th [186]1, from Julia Breckinridge to her husband Gilmer giving him details of life in Botetourt County, people dying, sick, having diphtheria, a mother dying after giving birth to new baby, the distress of her husband, a young lady becoming engaged to a "gentleman from Fredericksburg," getting food (sweet potatoes) from the garden, hunting for chinquapins, about several local soldiers thinking to "seat" a house in Fair...
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Letter - May 5, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill May 5th 1845" from Cary Breckinridge to his daughter, Mary, who is visiting her grandmother at Leigh near Hardins Tavern in Albemarle County, Virginia, praising her for her nice letter, telling of local news, his health, asking Mary and her cousin Peach Gilmer to try to ride the railroad to visit some of their relatives near Richmond and Fredericksburg, writes about his cabbage and tomato plants, selling his tobacco (he ...
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Letter - September 17, 1844
A letter headed "Leigh, September 17, 1844" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Catawba near, Fincastle telling of her pleasure at the excellent reception that her son George Gilmer was receiving in his political campaign, naming many of the candidates and their home counties, implores Emma to burn the letter as she has quoted from another persons letter and does not want to disclose this breaking of a confidence, tells...
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Letter from an Unknown Correspondent (probably a relative) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Fleming Saunders at Yellow Branch P. O.,Campbell County, Virginia, Discussing the Writer's Time of Arrival in Campbell County, Virginia, Thanking Fleming for Offering Assistance and Making Advance Preparations, and Sending Greetings to Family Members - June 5, 1873
A letter from an unknown correspondent (probably a relative) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Fleming Saunders, at Yellow Branch P. O., Campbell County, Virginia, discussing the writer's time of arrival in Campbell County, Virginia, thanking Fleming for offering assistance and making advance preparations, and sending greetings to family members. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.
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Letter Scraps - 1895
Pieces of letters written by three different individuals, none of whom is known. Starting with image one: Top. The author refers to Gen. Jubal Early's actions while at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Salem Church, in May 1863. Middle. Author (believed to be Bernard) refers to a package that was sent but seems not to have arrived at its destination at a New York office. Bottom. Author refers to the Rappahannock River. It is assumed ...
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The Gettysburg Campaign (continued) - 1894
George S. Bernard gave an address to the R. E. Lee Camp Number 1 of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond, Virginia, and his talk was printed in The Petersburg Enterprise, March 10, 1894. The subject was his recollection of the march toward Gettysburg, as recounted in his diary. The article begins in June of 1863, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from Chambersburg. After crossing the state line from Virginia into Maryland, Bernard reflec...
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To the Editor of the Dispatch, Wytheville, Virginia - May 25, 1894
The first three pages have faded almost to the point where they can not be read, as the typing has faded. Some of the pages have split where they have been folded. Also there is a page missing. There is no signature attached to these papers, but it is believed that this account may have been written by James A. Walker. He was a colonel in the 13th Virginia Infantry, and promoted to a Brigadier General in May 1863. He is buried in the East End ...
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