The battle of the ninth of June : address before the ladies Memorial Association, Petersburg, Virginia: typescript, 1996 June 9.

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The battle of the ninth of June : address before the ladies Memorial Association, Petersburg, Virginia: typescript, 1996 June 9.

Address delivered 9 June 1996 before the Ladies' Memorial Association of Petersburg, Virginia, concerning the June, 1864 battle at Petersburg, and Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard's victory over Union General Benjamin Butler's attempts to capture the city. Includes photograps of the principal figures of the battle, maps of the area, a list of wounded, captured, and killed, and a list of sources, as well as a brief biography of Ryan, a short history of the Ladies' Memorial Association, a meeting agenda, and song lyrics.

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Library of Virginia

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Ryan, James Herbert, 1931-.

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Born in Petersburg, Virginia on 1 February 1931. Graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point (1955). Retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army. Past president of the Historic Petersburg Foundation and the Rotary Club of Petersburg. From the description of The battle of the ninth of June : address before the ladies Memorial Association, Petersburg, Virginia: typescript, 1996 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122352217 ...

Ladies' Memorial Association (Petersburg, Va.).

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