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1. 57.5 caliber William's Cleaner Type 3. Has not been fired. Believed to have been for use in an Agar machine gun. Found at Gaines Mill, Virginia. Possibly an artefact from the Battle of Gaines' Mill.

   1983.58.9

   Record Type: Object

   
2. 58 caliber William's Cleaner Type 2. Has not been fired. Hole on top made by musket worm. Conical tip has been pressed in a little bit. Found in Richmond, Virginia. Dirt buildup on the pin of the bullet.

   1983.58.8

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Black fur felt hat - Black fur felt cloche style hat without a brim. At the base of the crown is a black grosgrain ribbon with a decorative brass circle. On the inside of the hat it is stamped 'Body made in Italy Union Made'

   2006.32.1

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Black Horne's fur felt hat - Black brushed fur felt hat with assymmetrical brim. A silk satin ribbon is draped over the bottom of the crown, and brim is upturned across the front. On the inside is a white Horne's tag. Stamped in the center of the crown is 'Helios body made in Italy'

   2006.32.2

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Cannon Vent Pick - Long metal alloy cannon vent pick with a .25 inch corkscrew pointed end as well as a circular handle end.

   2025.03.7

   Record Type: Object

   
6. From Hoopskirts to Airplanes by Sarah Johnson Cocke - c. 1940's

   Manuscript appears to be memoirs of the author's (Sarah Johnson Cocke) life.Topics of interest include the meeting of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis' wife, as well as meeting and conversing with other distinguished gentlemen and ladies. Much of the middle part of the text appears to reference high society gatherings and events which may indicate status of author. The final few chapters include events in her later years while there is an epilogue o...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. George Jefferson Hundley recollections - April 29, 1895

   George Jefferson Hundley was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1838. On his mother's side he was the great-great-grandson of Peter Field Jefferson, who was an uncle of President Thomas Jefferson. Orphaned at an early age he was reared by relatives in Amelia County, Virginia. He studied law in Lexington, Virginia, and was licensed to practice in 1860. Hundley enlisted as a private in the 19th Virginia Infantry, where he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant....

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Military Day at the Ice Palace - 1895

   Three separate newspaper clippings are pasted on a single sheet of paper. Handwritten notes indicate the clippings are from different newspapers. Each announces that George S. Bernard will deliver a lecture at the Ice Palace on July 5, [1895], designated "Military Day". The subject would be "War Sketches From 1861 to 1865", with recollections of the battle of the Crater. Military organizations and Confederate camps were to have reserved seats. A ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. The Gettysburg Campaign (continued) - 1894

   George S. Bernard gave an address to the R. E. Lee Camp Number 1 of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond, Virginia, and his talk was printed in The Petersburg Enterprise, March 10, 1894. The subject was his recollection of the march toward Gettysburg, as recounted in his diary. The article begins in June of 1863, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from Chambersburg. After crossing the state line from Virginia into Maryland, Bernard reflec...

   Record Type: Archive