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1. 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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2. J. E. Crow letter of November 16, 1892 - November 16, 1892

   John E. Crow writes to Bernard that he has received a letter from a Dr. C. B. Sanders of Acton, Massachusetts. The Doctor has read the "Rural Messenger" of November 5, 1892, in which he read with interest Crow's account of the Battle of the Crater, and thinks that he (Sanders) is the Lieutenant that Crow captured. Sanders thinks that Crow was a little strong in his account of how severe he was on the captured soldier. Sanders remembers giving ...

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3. letter - April 5, 1835

   Letter headed Leigh, Hardins Tavern, Virginia, from Peachy R. Gilmer to Cary Breckinridge and from Mary Gilmer to Emma Breckinridge, Catawba, Botetourt Co. Dated 1835 by context, but could be 1834, since much of the news concerns Lucy and Ann at school in Charlottesville (see #170 et seq.) Mentions hopes of visiting the Springs, and the Breckinridges, and hunting in the fall. Also noted that all their garden plants had been killed by a late frost...

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4. Letter from George N. Bliss to George S. Bernard pasted onto page [566] intended for book. - January 28, 1895 (letter) , 1895-1912 (page for book)

   George S. Bernard, a lawyer from Petersburg, Virginia, who had served in the Civil War, collected reminiscences of veterans after the war. Some were published in the book "War Talks of Confederate Veterans." Other material was collected for a planned second volume that was not published at the time. However, some of the material intended for Volume Two was published in newspaper articles and used for speeches. The extant document appears to be i...

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5. Newspaper article on Elliott's Brigade at the Crater - March 5, 1899

   This newspaper article takes up two full pages with the first part on the front page, continuing on the reverse. The paper is deteriorating, which has resulted in some empty spaces. Four images make up the front page and four images the reverse. The first two images are advertisements and have no connection to the story. The story of Elliott's Brigade begins at the bottom half of the front page and continues on the whole of the reverse side. The ...

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6. Plymouth Massachusetts Cemetery - Black and white photograph of Sue Cassell Stevens and an unknown woman sitting in a cemetery. On the reverse 'Plymouth Mass Sept 1-3, 1934' has been written in graphite.

   2021.25.94

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