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Cohen, Gratz, 1844-1865,. University of Virginia students' letters and diary [manuscript] 1860-69.

Title: University of Virginia students' letters and diary [manuscript] 1860-69.

Letters to their families and friends from U. Va. students and other visitors to Charlottesville, Va., describing student life, holidays in Richmond and other parts of Va., and Civil War incidents. Of particular interest are the letters, 1862-1864, of University student Gratz Cohen of Savannah, Ga., discussing religion and philosophy and the Jewish-gentile situation including the apathy of the Jews and the ingratitude and lack of appreciation by the gentiles. There are detailed accounts of events, holiday visits with friends and relatives in Richmond and other parts of Virginia, two Union raids on Charlottesville (May 1863 and 1864), and courses. Cohen also describes the death of Carnot Posey, entertainment for J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, his status with the Charlottesville draft board and individual students and courses. Correspondents include: Gratz Cohen of Ga., William Henry Lenoir of Tenn., Henry St. John Dixon of Miss., and Peter Stuart Harllee and Robert Armstrong Harllee, brothers from S. C. There is also a diary, 1863-69, kept by Cornelius Dabney at his home in King William Co., Va., and at the University of Virginia.

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