Papers of James Mercer Garnett, 1861-1919.

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Papers of James Mercer Garnett, 1861-1919.

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The collection contains the papers of Garnett; his son, James Mercer Garnett, Alumni Secretary of the University of Virginia; and his wife, active in the founding of Daughters of the Confederacy. The papers include Garnett's diary for 1864; a letterbook of armament orders for the Confederacy; sketches of Civil War battles, probably read at Daughters of the Confederacy meetings; sketches of University of Virginia alumni who died in the Civil War; reminiscences of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg by Frederick W. Colston; an issue of the Baltimore Sunday Morning, June 29, 1913, re Gettysburg; and miscellaneous clippings. There are also Sons of Confederate Veterans correspondence; University of Virginia alumni correspondence; Maryland Alumni Association of the University of Virginia correspondence; and Daughters of the Confederacy correspondence and reports, including a critique, 1905, of a U.S. history textbook unsympathetic to the Southern view of the Civil War and Reconstruction. An 1893 letter from A.P. Bibb concerning Charlottesville River View Cemetery is written on stationery depicting land for sale by the Locust Grove Investment Company. A law register, 1894-1896, contains a record of courses handled, possibly by Benjamin Kurtz of Baltimore, Md. The 1895 October 28 issue of the Charlottesville Daily Progress contains an article on the burning of the Rotunda. The collection also contains papers, 1901-1906, prepared for the Woman's Auxiliary, of Memorial Church, Baltimore, by Kate H. Garnett, on mission work of the Episcopal Church in China, Japan, Liberia, and among North American Indians. Miscellaneous University of Virginia items include an invitation to finals, 1895; football songs, 1897; final celebration of the Washington and Jefferson literary societies, 1898; closing exercises, 1898; salesman's dummy of "University of Virginia Its history, influence, equipment and characteristics"; summer school brochure, 1909; constitution and by-laws of the Jefferson Literary Society, n.d.; and an address delivered before the Society of Alumni of The University of Virginia, by Muscoe R.H. Garnett, 1850; and a University of Virginia library book of bound pamphlets including Garnett's "Address to the alumni of St. John's College," and extracts from his Civil War diary as published in the Southern Historical Society Papers, XXVII and XXVIII. Miscellaneous family papers include photographs of James Mercer Garnett, Jr.; Old Blandford Church; and "Aldie," Doylestown, Pa.; proofs of Mercer family genealogy articles; a letter, 1903, from W.R. Mercer, on the family; and an article by Garnett on John Francis Mercer.

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Mercer, John Francis, 1759-1821

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John Francis Mercer (May 17, 1759 – August 30, 1821) was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland, who served as Maryland's 10th governor, as well as a member in the Continental Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates, the U.S. House of Representatives, and Maryland State Assembly. Born at Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received his education at home from private teachers before attending the College of William and M...

Rotunda (University of Virginia)

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University of Virginia. Jefferson Literary and Debating Society.

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University of Virginia

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Mercer, W. R.,

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United Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Kurtz, Benjamin.

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United daughters of the Confederacy

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The Southern Cross of Honor award, which later became the Cross of Military Service, originated on Oct. 13, 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage and good conduct of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate army. However, due to wartime shortages, the medals were not made, but the recipients' names were recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference. The cross's design was created by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July 1898. It featured a cros...

Garnett, James Mercer, 1861-1908,

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Garnett, Kate.

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Garnett, James Mercer, 1840-1916

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C.S.A. Captain, Ordnance Officer, Grimes Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia; University of Virginia alumnus; later President St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. From the description of James Mercer Garnett return for Grimes' division [manuscript], 1865 April 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647975899 Professor of English, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Mercer Garnett, 1861-1919. (University of Virginia)...

Garnett, James M. (James Mercer), 1872-1897

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Bibb, A. P.,

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Garnett, Muscoe R. H. (Muscoe Russell Hunter), 1821-1864

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University of Virginia student form Essex County; member of the Virginia legislature and both the U.S. and C.S. Congress. From the description of Muscoe H.R. Garnett Letter to Sally H.A. Hunter, 1838 November 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 123759082 ...

Mercer family.

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Colston, Frederick Morgan, 1835-1922.

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