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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. Company A, 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; a history - 1910

   Company A, 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.; a history of its organization and service in the War Between the States 1861-1865, by Captain George T. Williams. This typescript includes 13 pages of history followed by an Addenda, dated September 15, 1910. The addenda includes a complete roster of Company A,; a "list of those living of Company A, Dunn's Battalion, January 5, 1910", compiled by R.H. Fishburne; "those that are dead or whereabo...

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3. Father and Son Meet on the Battlefield by J. N. Stubbs - 1895

   At the bottom of the first page of Stubb's letter, Bernard has glued this biography of James N. Stubbs. James N. Stubbs was born October 17, 1839, in Gloucester County, Virginia, and was educated at William & Mary College. He joined the Gloucester Artillery in 1861, was commissioned a First Lieutenant in 1862, and was sent to Texas to report to Gen. John Bankhead Magruder, also called "Prince John". Stubbs remained in the Trans Mississippi Dep...

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4. Letter - January 25, 1838

   Letter headed "Pittsa Co. H. Jany 25th 1838" from George H. Gilmer to his mother Mary Gilmer, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. Reports on his injured ankle, now rapidly healing; on Christmas spent with Harmer and Isabella; on his excellent house servant; discusses New London Academy as a possiblility for his brother John and opposed sending John to West Point.

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5. Newspaper article on Elliott's Brigade at the Crater - March 5, 1899

   This newspaper article takes up two full pages with the first part on the front page, continuing on the reverse. The paper is deteriorating, which has resulted in some empty spaces. Four images make up the front page and four images the reverse. The first two images are advertisements and have no connection to the story. The story of Elliott's Brigade begins at the bottom half of the front page and continues on the whole of the reverse side. The ...

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6. U.S. Soldiers in Uniform - Fifty or so uniformed soldiers seated or standing on or around a very large cannon at Battery Church, Fort Monroe, on Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Soldiers appear to be World War I soldiers. There are two officers in the photo's lower left - a lieutenant and a captain. There appears to be a large wall in the background. Some soldiers are seated on circular stairs below the cannon. The soldiers are part of the 1st Company of the Virginia Coast Guard Artillery, which mustered into the Federal Division on April 15, 1917 and became part of the Rainbow Division. There are two Roanokers in the photograph: Dr. Hugh Hagan standing on the second row down with his arms folded and Roger M. Winborne, Sr. seated in the front row, third from the right. Battery Church was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 10-inch coastal gun battery on Fort Monroe. The battery was named after 1st Lt. Albert E. Church, who, when 1st Lt. of the 3rd U.S. Artillery, was appointed a professor of mathematics at the Military Academy at West Point. Battery construction started on 1 Dec 1897, was completed in December 1900. It was transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 3 Jan 1901 at a cost of $ 90,473.33. It was deactivated in 1942. Fort Monroe (also known as Fortress Monroe) is a Hampton, Virginia, military installation located on Old Point Comfort, which is on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. It guarded approach by sea of the navigational shipping channel between the Chesapeake Bay and the entrance to the harbor of Hampton Roads.

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7. Wm E. Cameron Biography Note - Assumed 1892-1896

   A Biography of W. E. Cameron. Born in Petersburg, November 9, 1842. Educated at the Military Academy of North Carolina, and Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Was preparing for West Point in a class under (then Captain) now Major General Reynolds, U.S.A., when war was declared between the sections. Captured at Camp Jackson, MO, but escaped and came south, enlisting as private in Co. A, 12th Virginia Infantry. Soon after, promoted to L...

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