Memoirs of Gertrude Powell Colston and Nannie Fisher Colston Minor [manuscript], 1883, undated.

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Memoirs of Gertrude Powell Colston and Nannie Fisher Colston Minor [manuscript], 1883, undated.

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The collection contains a printed memoir of Gertrude Powell Colston by Charles Minor Blackford, the brother-in-law of her husband Raleigh Colston. The collection also contains a typed memoir of Nannie Fisher Colston Minor, second wife of John B. Minor, written for her children by her brother Raleigh Colston. It includes an account of a family scandal concerning the parentage of Confederate General Raleigh Edward Colston.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896

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Born in France of American parents; college professor in Virginia; Confederate brigadier general; headmaster of military schools in North Carolina; on the general staff of the Egyptian Army, 1873-1878; lecturer and author; and clerk in the U.S. War Department, 1883-1894. From the description of Raleigh Edward Colston papers, 1842-1906 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24923900 Raleigh Edward Colston (1825-1896) was born in France of American parents. Colston was...

Blackford, Charles Minor, 1833-1903

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Colston, Raleigh, d. 1893.

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Minor, Anne Fisher Colston, 1827-1883.

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Colston, Gertrude Powell, 1826-1901.

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