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Slave Census 1960

An article published by the V.T.S. on the legacy of the late Philips Brooks, who was a graduate of the V.T.S. and famous abolitionist preacher during the Civil War. The article addressed the critiques and discontents of Brooks towards the Seminary…

A satire critiquing the lack of work and progress in the U.S. Congress; interestingly, one of the talking points of the fictitious Congressmen in the story was building Confederate monument to “sisters who nursed in the Civil War.”

A story describing a Southern man who served in the U.S. Navy falling in love with a Southern woman before the Civil War and deciding to fight for the South.

A photograph of the tablet memorializing Episcopal students who died fighting for the Confederacy

An article about the Rockbridge Artillery

The illustrated newspaper described it, "The war in Virginia--Capture of three Rebel guns, near Culpeper, by General Custen's cavalry brigade, Sept. 14 / from a sketch by our special artist, Mr. Edwin Forbes."

An archive of graves in the U.S provides information about where people are buried and what they did when they were alive.

Richmond Enquirer article about Pendeleton

A clipping from the Angola Record from November 5th, 1896, which details a story of Stringfellow causing panic among Union ranks towards the end of the war.