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Showing posts with label Patrick Henry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Henry. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Private John C. West to Mary Stark West, May 26, 1863

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CAMP ON THE RAPIDAN,           MAY 26TH, 1863. MY PRECIOUS WIFE: The order to move has been countermanded for the present, and we will be o...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: February 22, 1864

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WILLIAMSBURG. Washington's birthday. How well Virginians have emulated his example and teachings is this day apparent. God pity, the M...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 14, 1865

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Near Hanover, C. H., Va., May 14, 1865. Only made nine miles to-day on account of the Pamunky river here being bad. We camp to-night in th...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

George M. Bibb to John J. Crittenden, March 8, 1824

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Washington , March 8, 1824. DEAR JOHN,—That there are men who will ascribe my actions to any motive but a reasonable one, I know, but t...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: February 23, 1862

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Notwithstanding the violence of the rain yesterday, the Capitol Square, the streets around it, and the adjacent houses, were crowded. The P...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 16, 1861

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This day the Spontaneous People's Convention met and organized in Metropolitan Hall. The door-keeper stood with a drawn sword in his ha...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Jeff. Davis’ Inauguration – The Scene

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When at the Restoration, Louis XVIII returned to Paris, as was received with demonstrations of welcome by the populace, the official Monit...
Monday, November 28, 2011

William Roane Aylett: Colonel, 53rd Virginia Infantry CSA & Great Grandson of Patrick Henry

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William Roane Aylett [son of Colonel William Roane Aylett & Alice Brockenborough], of Newport News, descends from one of the pioneer set...