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1. Biography of J. N. Stubbs - 1896

   This document, written by Bernard, contains an entry stating that the content is correct, signed by Stubbs. Bernard sent the document to Stubbs to read over, make corrections, and return. Major J. N. Stubbs was born on October 17, 1839, in Gloucester County, Virginia, at the homestead where both his father and grandfather were born. He was educated at William & Mary College. He joined the Gloucester Artillery as a private in May 1861, and subs...

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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. 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. Letter from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Breckinridge - March 24, 1859

   Letter headed Williamsburg March 24th 1859 from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Breckinridge mentioning she had not received a reply to her last letter, about leaving for Williamsburg, tells of the various families she has visited on this trip including Uncle Wilmer's, Saunder's and Mumford's, about an illness and the quinine she has taken for it, a visit to the insane asylum and some the sights she saw, met a young lady who she thinks woul...

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