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06/21/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Richmond June 21, 1862 to his wife Julia from Gilmer Breckinridge telling of his trip to Richmond where he is seeking new position in the Confederate Army, tells of many soldiers who have been wounded and killed in the recent past including a conversation with Lt. Kelly who saw brother John Breckinridge who was shot on the Richmond battlefield and died a day later in a hospital, and the death of Capt Ed Bowyer of the Fincastle Artil...
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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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A One-Track Mind - March 3, 2004
Article in the Escapes section of The Washington Post featuring Roanoke and the O. Winston Link Museum which opened shortly before the article was published. The article discusses Mr. Links project to photograph steam locomotives, Roanoke's railroad heritage and restoration, and the Link museum.
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Backing past Hager Tower. - Backing past Hager Tower . Variation of NW798, backing past Hager Tower, different lighting; only front of locomotive is illuminated; engine is #130, otherwise similar composition.
OWL2003.14.06
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Backing Past Hager Tower - Variation, backing past Hager Tower, different lighting; nly front of locomotive is illuminated; engine is #130, otherwise similar composition.
OWL2007.04.802
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Backing Past Hager Tower - Wide angle version of NW 802. Backing past Hager Tower.
OWL2007.04.803
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Backing Past Hager Tower, Hagerstown, Maryland - Black and white negative of NW 799. Variation of NW 798; wide angle lens. Backing past Hager Tower, Hagerstown, Maryland. Train No. 1, locomotive #130.
OWL2007.04.799
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Backing Past Hager Tower, Hagerstown, Maryland - Black and white negative of NW 800. Backing past Hager Tower; would appear to be standard lens.
OWL2007.04.800
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Class K2A Locomotive 130 backing past Hager Tower. - Train No. 1 at Hager Tower, Locomotive #130 backing past Hager Tower in Hagerstown, MD, in a light snow. This must have been one of the first photos with the new flash equipment, very nice photo.
OWL2002.08.11
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Class K2A Locomotive 130 backs past Hager Interlocking Tower. - Class K2A Locomotive 130 backs past Hager Interlocking Tower, Hagerstown, Maryland.
OWL2002.02.07
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Flowers for Dead Heroes by Rev. William H. Platt - June 10, 1894
The twenty-eighth observance of Memorial Day is the basis of this newspaper article. The paper is badly damaged and split at the folds where it was folded and stored. The first part of the article pertains to the ceremony itself and is followed by the oration of the Reverend Platt. Petersburg was attacked thirty years ago by the Union cavalry of General Kautz, held at bay by 125 citizen soldiers under the command of Colonel Archer until reinfo...
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Fragment of a Letter from an Unknown Correspondent to Louisa Morris (Saunders) Davis - circa 1855
Fragment of a letter from an unknown correspondent to Louisa Morris (Saunders) Davis, concerning some packages that have arrived, but have not been picked up because of rain. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.
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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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Inside Hager Tower, Hagerstown, Maryland. - This is the interior of Hager Tower and was reproduced in Steam, Steel and Stars. The following individuals in the picture are C. E. Nonemaker, J. E. Burke, J. H. Schenk, and William Smith.
OWL2003.14.08
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Interior of Hager Tower - Another similar, wide angle shot of NW 805. Interior of Hager Tower.
OWL2007.04.807
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Interior of Hager Tower - Interior of Hager Tower, variation; camera repositioned more to the right showing the desk and meters. Same individuals.
OWL2007.04.805
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Interior of Hager Tower - Variation of NW 805. Interior of Hager Tower.
OWL2007.04.806
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In the Enemies Lines by William E. Cameron - 1895
As each page is extra long, it was scanned a half-page at a time. The writing is somewhat difficult to read and the folds of the paper have made it impossible to read some words. The last page (11) contains notes A, B, C, and D, which refer to incidents related in paragraphs within the letter. William E. Cameron was born in Petersburg in 1842 and attended Hillsboro Military School and Washington College in St. Louis. He was a drillmaster with...
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