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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. John E. Laughton Postal Card - June 18, 1892

   Laughton writes Bernard that he is referring to a list of casualties he had sent him, and that he may see if any of the Grays (Company in the12th Virginia) were injured May 2, 1863, as he (Laughton) has no way of knowing. He saw in an advertisement in the Rural Messenger that John E. Cook's books are selling at fifty cents a copy. Laughton fears that Bernard will have to reduce the price of his book. A Mr. Phillips agrees with the statement that ...

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