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- From Recollections by R. T. W. Duke Jr. (1899)
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- Mourning during the Civil War
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- Newton, John (1822–1895)
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- Numbers at Pickett’s Charge
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- Partisan Leader, The (1836)
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- Pendleton, William Nelson (1809–1883)
- Peninsula Campaign
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- Petersburg during the Civil War
- Photography during the Civil War
- Pickett, George E. (1825–1875)
- Pickett, LaSalle Corbell (1843–1931)
- Pickett’s Charge
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison (1814–1899)
- Pope, John (1822–1892)
- Popular Literature during the Civil War
- Port Republic, Battle of
- Potomac River during the Civil War
- Poverty and Poor Relief during the Civil War
- Randolph, George Wythe (1818–1867)
- Rebel Yell
- Refugees during the Civil War
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- Remarks by William Williams (August 11, 1865)
- Richmond and Danville Railroad during the Civil War
- Richmond and Petersburg Railroad during the Civil War, The
- Richmond during the Civil War
- Richmond Howitzers
- Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad during the Civil War
- Riddleberger, Harrison H. (1843–1890)
- Robert Edward Lee Sculpture
- Robinson, Excerpt from From Log Cabin To the Pulpit,...
- Rockingham Rebellion
- Ruffin, Edmund (1794–1865)
- Sailor’s Creek, Battles of
- Saltville during the Civil War
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- Schele De Vere, Maximilian (1820–1898)
- Scott, Winfield (1786–1866)
- Second Manassas Campaign
- Seven Days’ Battles
- Seven Pines, Battle of
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862
- Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War
- Shepherdstown, Battle of
- Shoes at Gettysburg
- Sigel, Franz (1824–1902)
- Slavery at the University of Virginia
- Slavery during the Civil War
- South Side Railroad during the Civil War
- Southern Claims Commission in Virginia, The
- Special Orders No. 191 by Robert E. Lee (1862)
- Speculation during the Civil War
- Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of
- Statement by Francis Preston Blair (April 14, 1871)
- States’ Rights
- Staunton during the Civil War
- Stonewall Brigade
- Stuart, Alexander H. H. (1807–1891)
- Stuart, Flora Cooke (1836–1923)
- Stuart, J. E. B. (1833–1864)
- Tait, Bacon (1796–1871)
- Taylor, James T. S. (1840–1918)
- Taylor, Walter H. (1838–1916)
- Telegram from George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln (September...
- Terrill, James B. (1838–1864)
- Terrill, William R. (1834–1862)
- The Abolition of Slavery in Virginia
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- Thomas, George H. (1816–1870)
- Thomas, Philip (1831–1888)
- Tiernan, Mary Spear (1836–1891)
- Trevilian Station, Battle of
- Twenty-Slave Law
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- Underwood, John C. (1809–1873)
- Union Occupation of Charlottesville (1865)
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- Vagrancy Act of 1866
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- Virginia Central Railroad during the Civil War, The
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- West Virginia, Creation of
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- William Breedlove Application for Pardon (December 18, 1863)
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- Willoughby, Westel (1830–1897)
- Wilson, Joseph T. (1837–1890)
- Winchester during the Civil War
- Winder, John H. (1800–1865)
- Wise, Henry A. (1806–1876)
- Wise, John S. (1846–1913)
- Women during the Civil War
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