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1. Artillery Experiences at Petersburg & Elsewhere by Dr. Joseph W. Eggleston - January 3, 1895

   Eggleston's letter is fragile, the paper is aged, and the edges are beginning to break off. The type is also very light. The letter was used as a talk given to the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans, January 3, 1895. Eggleston's opening remarks mention that the current generation shows little interest in the events that occurred between 1861-1865. They are neglecting to preserve the history for future generations. But their children will ...

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2. Biography of James Power Smith - 1896

   The first two pages of this three-page series are a draft of the third page. James Power Smith was born July 4, 1837, at New Athens, Ohio. His father, the Reverend Joseph Smith, was president of a college in that city. His mother, Eliza Bell. was from Winchester, Virginia. He graduated in 1856 from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, and was also graduated from Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In May 1861, he enlist...

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