Papers of Robert Augustus Stiles [manuscript], 1869-1903.

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Papers of Robert Augustus Stiles [manuscript], 1869-1903.

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The collection contains chiefly personal correspondence and papers of this former Major of Robert E. Lee's Civil War staff. Some papers relate to his book "Four Years with Marse Robert" and other writings; other papers relate to a speech given at the dedication of a Confederate monument at the University of Virginia cemetery. Correspondents include: Robert Alonzo Brook, Churchill Jones Gibson, John James Lafferty, Philip Watkins McKinney, Stiles's father Joseph Clay Stiles, and John West. Also included is a letter, 1890 April 26, Charlottesville, Va., from John Barbee Minor to Stiles, Richmond, Va., commenting on the book "Why the Solid South?", on Abraham Lincoln's perceptive plans for the post-Civil War South, and on national politics.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Stiles, Robert, 1836-1905

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Civil War soldier and author. From the description of Papers of Robert Augustus Stiles [manuscript], 1869-1903. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844135 ...

Gibson, Churchill Jones, 1819-1890,

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Stiles, John Clay, 1795-1875,

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West, John

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Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...

University of Virginia. Cemetery

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Herbert, Hilary A. (Hilary Abner), 1834-1919

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Hilary Abner Herbert (March 12, 1834 - March 6, 1919) was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. From the description of Letter, March 29, 1893. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18178390 Hilary A. Herbert was an Alabama and Washington, D.C., lawyer, author, Democratic United States representative, 1877-1893, and secretary of the Navy, 1893-1897. ...

Lafferty, John James, 1837-1909.

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Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia, to S.D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Ala. [manuscript] 1867 April 3. 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647960869 Professor of law at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John B. Minor, 1843-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31254303 John B. Minor, b. Louisa County, Va. Attended University of Virginia, graduating ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

McKinney, Philip Watkins, 1832-1899.

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