Recollections of Williamsburg : as it appeared at the beginning of the Civil War and just previously thereto, with some incidents in the life of its citizens.

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Recollections of Williamsburg : as it appeared at the beginning of the Civil War and just previously thereto, with some incidents in the life of its citizens.

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Primarily a house-by-house comparison between Williamsburg in the 1860s and the town in 1928. Details use of town by both Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War. Contains some insight into social and economic life. Many prominent citizens and visitors are mentioned, including Lemuel Bowden, Dr. Camm, Thomas Cogbill, John Coke, George P. Coleman, Dudley Digges, Dr. John M. Galt II, Dr. Samuel Griffin, the Rev. Scervant Jones, General George B. McClellan, William S. Peachy, Robert Saunders and Dr. Robert P. Waller. Memoir commissioned for the Restoration by Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin. Unbound handwritten manuscript.

117 p. ; 28 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

College of William and Mary.

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Griffin, Samuel Stuart, 1782-1864.

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Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790.

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Peachy, William Samuel, 1818-1881.

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Cogbill, Thomas.

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Bowden, Lemuel Jackson, 1815-1864.

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Waller, Robert P., d. 1872.

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Camm, Edward, d. 1871.

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Coleman, George Albert, 1866-

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Charles, John S., 1851-1930.

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Charles was a long-term Williamsburg resident and attended the College of William and Mary; teacher and principal of the Matthew Whaley School. From the description of Recollections of Williamsburg : as it appeared at the beginning of the Civil War and just previously thereto, with some incidents in the life of its citizens. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 14633904 ...

Saunders, Robert, 1805-1869.

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None available. From the guide to the Robert Saunders letter, 1851 August 11, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Jones, Scervant, 1785-1854.

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Son of John and Mary Hubard Jones. He was a lawyer; delegate from York County, Virginia, to the Virginia General Assembly (1822-1825); and the first minister of the Williamsburg, Virginia Baptist Church (1829-1854). From the description of Papers, 1834-1854. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25383158 Rev. Scervant Jones (1785-1854), son of John and Mary Hubard Jones. Jones was a lawyer, delegate from York County, Va., to the Virginia General Assembly (1...

Galt, John M. (John Minson), 1819-1862

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John Minson Galt II graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841. He was the son of Alexander D. Galt, M.D. and the grandson of John Minson Galt I, M.D. He was the superintendent of Eastern State Hospital, the first public hospital founded exclusively for the care of the mentally ill. He died suddenly in 1862 soon after the Battle of Williamsburg. From the description of Galt Papers (II) 1840-1862. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 191881573 ...