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1. 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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2. Biography of George W. Camp - 1896

   George W. Camp was born in Petersburg, Virginia, on February 26, 1833, and was educated there. He served as deputy city collector under George Williamson and was collector of the city taxes of Petersburg during years 1857, 1858, and 1859. Camp was elected Commissioner of the Revenue of that city in 1860 and held this office until 1870. When he was not able to take the "iron-clad" oath that he had not given aid and comfort to the Confederacy, he w...

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3. 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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