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1. 04/14/1862 9/22/1859

   Letter headed April 14th [1862] from Julia Breckinridge to her husband Gilmer telling of her great sorrow that she had not been able to travel to Orange Court House to spend time with him, all avenues of travel were blocked as the cars were not running at Lynchburg, Covington or Staunton and roads were too bad to travel by hack, comments on their victory in the west and hopes for peace if they can gain a victory at Yorktown, brings up the matter ...

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2. 05/02/1862 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Before Breakfast, Grove Hill, May 2nd, 1862 from Lucy Breckinridge to her brother John telling of the news in Fincastle (not much) as the roads have been so bad, they cannot travel, church is having a revival in town, with a good many professing religion including Fanny Pitzer and Charlie Williams, Mr. Godwin has closed his store, some are worried about the Yankees coming, but Lucy says we have a "Stonewall" [Jackson] to protect u...

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3. 05/02/1862 9/22/1859

   Envelope addressed to Sergt. John H. Breckinridge, Camp K. 28th Regiment Va. Vol, near Yorktown, Va. Post mark shows Fincastle VA, date appears to May 2. Stamp has been removed.

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4. Biography of General James A. Walker - 1896

   James A. Walker was born in Augusta County, Virginia on August 27, 1832, and was a student at the Virginia Military Institute. After leaving the Institute in 1852 he was employed for two years as a civil engineer on the Covington and Ohio Railroad. He attended law school at the University of Virginia and was located at Pulaski Court House in 1855 as a lawyer. He was elected attorney for Pulaski County. At the time of the John Brown Raid, he began...

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5. Biography of John T. Parham - 1896

   Ensign John T. Parham was born in Prince George County, Virginia, October 26, 1843, and educated in Petersburg at the classical school of Professor William T. Davis. At the start of the war, Parham was a clerk in his father's store, the late Henry Parham, once the clerk of Prince George County, but at that time a merchant of York County, Virginia, doing business as a merchant at the half-way house between Williamsburg and Yorktown. Parham enliste...

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6. Tombstone of Martha Digges Burwell - Two black and white photographs of the tombstone of Martha Digges Burwell, daughter of Dudley Digges and his wife, Martha Armistead Digges, and wife of Nathaniel Burwell. Martha died in Botetourt County on February 3, 1848. The stone is set parallel to the ground. The first photograph has a better image of the upper portion of the stone; the second photograph shows the lower portion. You can find more historical information about Martha Digges Burwell and "Rustic Lodge" at website for Virginia Department of Historic Resources, http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/Web%20Posting%20December%202008/011-0053_Rustic_Lodge_PIF_2008.pdf.

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7. Tombstone of Martha Digges Burwell - Two black and white photographs of the tombstone of Martha Digges Burwell, daughter of Dudley Digges and his wife, Martha Armistead Digges, and wife of Nathaniel Burwell. Martha died in Botetourt County on February 3, 1848. The stone is set parallel to the ground. The first photograph has a better image of the upper portion of the stone; the second photograph shows the lower portion. You can find more historical information about Martha Digges Burwell and "Rustic Lodge" at website for Virginia Department of Historic Resources, http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/Web%20Posting%20December%202008/011-0053_Rustic_Lodge_PIF_2008.pdf.

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