Engraving of Col. "Crack" with explanation [manuscript]. 1950.

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Engraving of Col. "Crack" with explanation [manuscript]. 1950.

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Engraving of Col. "Crack," a familiar local figure in Charlottesville and the University community, whose real name was Eugene Davis. Col. Crack was known for marching at the head of any parade with a sword (of which he had many), as well as his inability to tell a coherent story. University students would often give him tobacco and clothes. A note of Miss Burnet's alludes to the fact that Col. Crack was African American, as he was buried in the "colored cemetery off South Flint St."

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Davis, Euguene, (Col. "Crack")

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Freeman, John Middleton, 1919-2000

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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...