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1. Biography of Major George N. Bliss - 1896

   Worn sheet of paper, stuck to a piece of scrap paper that Bernard had available, on which is typed: George N. Bliss was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, July 22, 1837. He graduated from Union College, and Albany Law School, prior to the war. He enlisted in the First Rhode Island Cavalry Volunteers as a private and mustered out as a Captain. He saw action at Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station,...

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2. 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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3. Letter - November 15, 1816

   Letter dated November 15, 1816 from C. S. Maclean, at Augusta, to her cousin, Mrs. Mary Gilmer in Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia. Postmarked Augusta Nov. 17. News of friends, family deaths, and relations. The cursive writing is difficult to read and made worse by the ink bleeding through the paper.

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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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