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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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2. Beauregard at Drewry's Bluff & Petersburg - April 12, 1893

   Johnson Hagood was born in South Carolina, educated at the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel), practiced law, and was a member of the state militia. He entered the Confederate service at the start of the Civil War and in 1862 was ranked as a Brigadier General. In early 1864 he was in charge of the Seventh Military District of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, commanded by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. When Beauregard wa...

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