Drawing book : of A.B. Peticolas, 1857-1859.

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Drawing book : of A.B. Peticolas, 1857-1859.

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The book includes drawings of Amherst Court House, Lynchburg (including Lynchburg College), Petersburg, and Stapleton (on the James River and Kanawha Canal), Va., and Memphis, Tenn.; construction and bridges of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company and South Side Rail Road Company; and a caricature of William Walker.

1 v. (24 leaves) : hand drawn ; 6 x 9 3/4 in.

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1848 to build a railroad from Gordonsville to Alexandria, Va.; consolidated in 1867 with Manassas Gap Railroad Company to form Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Gap Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1855-1867. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28409349 ...

Peticolas, A.B. (Alfred Brown), 1838-1915

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Sergeant of the Fourth Texas Mounted Volunteers, Company C; served in the Sibley Brigade during the Civil War. Later became a lawyer and judge in Victoria, Texas. From the description of Civil War Diary, 1862-1863. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38150080 Sargeant in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. From the description of A.B. Peticolas diaries. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 37473343 B...

Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...

Lynchburg College

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South Side Rail Road Company

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Chartered 1846; completed railroad line between Petersburg and Lynchburg, Va.; absorbed Appomattox Railroad (Petersburg to City Point, Va.); merged into Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad, 1870; later part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. From the description of Records, 1860s-1880s. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188547 Incorporated in Virginia in 1846; ran from Petersburg to Lynchburg, Va. (123 miles); consolidated with Norfolk and Petersburg, ...