An epitome of the Blue Ridge Rifles, or Company A 28th regiment Virginia volunteer infantry : why, when and where the Blue Ridge Rifles were organized.

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An epitome of the Blue Ridge Rifles, or Company A 28th regiment Virginia volunteer infantry : why, when and where the Blue Ridge Rifles were organized.

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Simmons, a sargeant in the confederacy writes a short history of the Blue Ridge Rifles, including Civil war battle action, names of the wounded, casualties, captured, and surrendered soldiers from the company. There are two photographs of the Simmons brothers by J. D. Tual, Sikestown, Missouri. The document was transcribed in 1991.

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Taul, J. D.,

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Simmons, J. K. (Jacob Kessler), 1840-1927.

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Confederate soldier, physician, resident of Botetourt County, Virginia. From the description of An epitome of the Blue Ridge Rifles, or Company A 28th regiment Virginia volunteer infantry : why, when and where the Blue Ridge Rifles were organized. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122481903 ...