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Category: Civil War
March 6, 2017
Lynchburg Letters from Confederate General Raleigh Edward Colston (1825-1896)
While his military performance is met with mixed reviews of success and challenges, his letters to his family including his…
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September 9, 2016
The Lame Lion of Lynchburg
With his family’s background in politics, it is not surprising that John Warwick Daniel would later get involved in similar…
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August 31, 2015
Old City Cemetery’s Civil War Past
The Old City Cemetery opened in 1806 and approximately 20,000 people are buried in the cemetery.  During the Civil War…
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