Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript] 1859-1865.

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Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript] 1859-1865.

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The papers contain correspondence of Cocke with Francis Henney Smith regarding V.M.I. and the outbreak of the Civil War, with Ballard Preston regarding business, from Edwin Gilliam Booth regarding a slave sale, from John Grant regarding wire fencing, and to John Bowdoin Cocke regarding cotton production the defense of the South, his resignation from the C.S.A. Army. The collection also contains a draft of an address arousing the South to action, 1860, notes on the government manufacture of arms, 1860, & a memorial resolution of his brigade on his death, 1861. There is also a pocket memoranda book, 1809-12, of John Hartwell Cocke, and a letter from Cary Charles Cocke to John B. Cocke regarding amnesty.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Preston, Ballard,

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Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890

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Professor and later superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. From the description of Correspondence, 1834-1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314731 Owner of a boot and shoe store in Erie, Michigan. From the description of Francis G.C. Smith account books, 1881-1883. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421926 Francis Henney Smith was born 18 October 1812, the son of Francis Smith and Ann Marsden Smith, of...

Cocke, Cary Charles, 1814-1888.

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Cocke, John Bowdoin, 1836-1889.

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Confederate officer, Fluvanna County, Va., planter. From the description of Papers of John Bowdoin Cocke [manuscript], 1859-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647827799 ...

Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Grant, John

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Booth, Edwin Gilliam, 1810-1886

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Virginia Military Institute. Board of Visitors.

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