Blackford family papers [manuscript], 1847-1872.

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Blackford family papers [manuscript], 1847-1872.

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The collection consists of clippings and some printed items pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the University of Virginia, and Norwood School. Civil War and Reconstruction clippings from Richmond and Lynchburg, Va., newspapers contain proclamations; resolutions; military notices, reports and orders; obituaries including ones for Generals Pettigrew and Pender, a memorial poem to Randolph Fairfax, and articles of interest including accounts of Jefferson Davis's trial, Andrew Johnson's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill and an incident in Tappahannock. An account of a theft from the home of C. M. Blackford is included and an anonymously quoted individual in an article on Mosby may be a Blackford family member. Norwood School clippings are chiefly advertisements for sessions, together with some news articles and two obituaries for Mayo Cabell. Miscellaneous items include obituaries, marriage notices, poems, and a poem spoofing Abraham Lincoln and Virginia's delayed secession.

ca. 30 items.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Norwood School (Nelson County, Va.)

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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

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Attorney in Charleston (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297787 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Cabell, Mayo, ca. 1800-1869.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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Blackford, Charles Minor, 1833-1903

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Blackford family.

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Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863

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Pender, of Edgecombe County, N.C., was a West Point graduate and U.S. Army officer. He served briefly as colonel of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., and as a colonel of the 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment before transferring to A. P. Hill's division and being promoted to major general, May 1863. He participated in many of the major engagements in Virginia and died in July 1863 as the result of a wound received at Gettysburg. From the description of William Dorse...