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1. Alex. R. Hair Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903

   The Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion, Card number 181 is issued to Alex R. Hair, Company E, (the regiment number is overwritten) Mahone's Brigade. He is entitled to the Medal of Honor that will be presented on the battlefield November 6, 1903. Notation states that medal was delivered. Other cards from the Legion are issued to the 12th Virginia.

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2. Artillery Experiences at Petersburg & Elsewhere by Dr. Joseph W. Eggleston - January 3, 1895

   Eggleston's letter is fragile, the paper is aged, and the edges are beginning to break off. The type is also very light. The letter was used as a talk given to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans, January 3, 1895. Eggleston's opening remarks mention that the current generation shows little interest in the events that occurred between 1861-1865. They are neglecting to preserve the history for future generations. But their children will ...

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3. Bernard Autobiography - 1895

   This handwritten page is an autobiography of George S. Bernard. His name appears at the top, but the page is not dated. The content is almost an identical copy of the Bernard autobiography that appears as the second entry in the Object ID 2009.75.008. It begins with Bernard's birth in 1937 and ends in 1893. His education and professional accomplishments are summarized. In 1885 his "Civil Service Reform Versus The Spoils System" was published, fol...

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4. Cameron Memoranda for Biography - 1892-1896

   Similar to Object ID 2009.75.181 biography. Born November 19, 1892. School to Charles Campbell and Thomas S. Davidson. North Carolina Military Academy, Hillsboro, for two sessions in 1858. Moved to Missouri 1859 and clerk in St. Louis at Memphis Packet Company until spring 1861. At Camp Jackson with Missouri Minute Men when they were captured by General Lyon, but escaped in the confusion and left the same night in the last boat that went South...

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5. Closing Days of the Army of Northern Virginia by William Mahone - July 25, 1895

   Bernard has cut and pasted the first two pages of Mahone's transcribed letter, and has inserted a biography of Mahone, along with a third page (inserted by Bernard) to finish the biography. The letter then continues for 29 pages, where at the bottom of the page an addendum is inserted. The last two pages are by Bernard. Mahone was born in Southhampton County on December 1, 1826; he was educated at VMI, graduating in 1847. He taught school for ...

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6. Crater Legion Membership Card - November 1, 1903

   Membership Card titled "Headquarters Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion" issued to Robert Frigna, Company K, 12th Virginia Regiment, of Mahone's Brigade. The member is entitled to a Medal of Honor that will be presented on the battlefield, November 6, 1903. There is a name at the bottom of the card that can not be determined. The name begins with J. M. the last name begins with an L.

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7. Early Days of the War. - July 1895

   George S. Bernard of Petersburg, Virginia, kept a diary after entering military service. He was a member of the Petersburg Riflemen, which was organized in December 1859 in response to John Brown's raid. The Petersburg Riflemen were one of five regiments that formed the 4th Battalion of Virginia Volunteers (later the 12th Virginia Infantry). The typed page, which is based on Bernard's wartime diary, ends in mid-sentence. Glued to the bottom o...

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8. Elmodam Nathaniel Poarch letter on Malvern Hill/Second Manassas - November 9, 1895

   The full image of the letter by Poarch is split in half, as the paper is folded in the middle. Image one is actually pages 7 and 1, followed by pages 4 and 2, 8 and 3 and ends with 5 and 6. The half that is page 1 has aged so that it is hard to read. The last image is a note sheet written by George Bernard. Three battles are mentioned "The Seven Days (25 June-1 July, 1862)," "Malvern Hill (1 July, 1862) ",and "Second Manassas (29 August-30 August...

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9. Fight at Malvern Hill - Article written by George S. Bernard - September 23, 1897

   This article, printed in the September 26, 1887 issue of the Petersburg Index Appeal, was written by George S. Bernard on September 23, 1887. The newspaper is in pieces and some lines can not be read. The article is very detailed. Many paragraphs were taken from the reports of the officers (Northern and Southern) directly involved in the battle. To help summarize the article the names of the individuals who gave a report or relate their recoll...

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10. 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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11. Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903

    Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 240, issued to James W. Blankenship, of Company D, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented a Medal of Honor on the Battlefield November 1, 1903.

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12. Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903

    Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 248, issued to James W. Jean of Company I, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented with a Medal of Honor on the Battlefield on November 6th, 1903. Signed with Jean's mark. Note on card says medal received.

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13. Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903

    The Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion card number 249 is presented to Joseph C. Robinson, Company C, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. To be presented a Medal of Honor on the battlefield on November 6, 1903. Received by Irene Robinson.

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14. James Kemp - June 24, 1894

    Fort Steadman is also spelled Stedman. This newspaper clipping was written by James Campbell Kemp, who lived in Petersburg and witnessed (from a distance) the fall of Fort Steadman on March 25, 1865. Kemp was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to America in 1852. He was a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocer, later becoming a bookkeeper-cashier for a tobacco manufacturer. From 1888 until 1892, he was the clerk for the mayor of Petersburg. The ar...

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15. J.E.L. (John E. Laughton) Jr. Post Card - June 17, 1891

    J.E.L., Jr., gives Bernard a series of names, what units they were attached to, and some of their actions. J.V.L. McCreery was a sergeant in the 1st Company of the Richmond Howitzers. He says that the artillery supported by Mahone's Brigade on May 2nd, 1863, was Manly's North Carolina Battery, commanded by Captain Manly (Manly was the son of an ex-governor of N.C.), the 1st Co. of the Richmond Howitzers, commanded by Capt. Ed. S. McCarthy, Lieuts...

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16. John E. Crow letter of October 23, 1892 - October 23, 1892

    These 28 pages are written in pencil. The first page has writing on the back, which becomes page 2. After page 24, there is a jump in the page numbering which suddenly goes to page 48. The reason for this is unknown. Crow received a letter from Bernard and is responding. He mentions that he approves of Bernard's suggestions. The first part relates to an incident when Crow stated his gun was empty as he approached the traverse. He saw a Federal...

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17. John E. Laughton talks to the George Pickett Camp - 1895

    Capt. John Laughton gave a talk to the George Pickett Camp of Confederate Veterans about his experiences while attached to the Sharpshooter Battalion of Gen. William Mahone's Brigade. The talk was printed in the Richmond newspaper. The paper was folded and has damage at the fold. A small piece of newsprint is missing at the beginning of the article. While in winter quarters near Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1864, General Mahone conceived the ide...

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18. John T. B. Bragg Crater Legion Card - November 1, 1903

    The Grand Bivouac, Crater Legion, is issued to John T. B. Bragg of company A, 12th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. The Medal of Honor is to be presented on the battlefield on November 6, 1903. This card has suffered from water damage and has faded.

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19. John Thomas Parham talks before the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans - September 6, 1894

    John Thomas Parham was born in Prince George County. At age 18, he joined the 32nd Virginia Infantry regiment, Company "C". Eventually, he was detailed as a color sergeant. In 1864 he was commissioned 1st lieutenant. He survived the war. Later in life, he became a member of the Petersburg City Council, a deputy collector of customs, Deputy Sergeant of the City of Petersburg, Virginia, and in 1896 was a newspaper editor. Background. The Marylan...

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20. Letter from unknown writer from Wilmington, North Carolina - October 7, 1892

    The writer has received a copy of Bernard's pamphlet about "War Talks of Confederate Veterans" and has read the address that Bernard delivered to the A. P. Hill camp of Confederate Veterans at Petersburg as well as the addenda. The writer will keep it for his boys, as he regards it as the most valuable of any war papers, because it is faithful in detail and history. The writer knows of no one in their command who, in his opinion, could give the f...

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