Brown, John M., reminiscences, 1911-1913

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Brown, John M., reminiscences, 1911-1913

Comprising manuscripts, a newspaper clipping, and correspondence, the John M. Brown Reminiscences, 1911-1913, chronicle Brown⁰́₉s military career as a soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery of the Confederate Army during the Civil War and his impressions of General Stonewall Jackson.

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Brown, John Matthews

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A Confederate soldier during the Civil War, John Matthews Brown fought with the 22nd Virginia Infantry in 1861 and enlisted the next year in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery of General Stonewall Jackson's brigade. Brown participated in the Valley Campaign, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of Appomattox Court House. While at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, Brown was paroled that day at Appomattox, Virginia. Follo...