A Day in the Life of the City: Stonewall Jackson's Return to Lexington through Lynchburg; 2006
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0013
- Title
- A Day in the Life of the City: Stonewall Jackson's Return to Lexington through Lynchburg; 2006
- Description
- Robert Wimer focused on the death of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson and on the day that his body traveled through Lynchburg on its way to his final resting place in Lexington. Wimer described what was going on in Lynchburg and the surrounding counties as Jackson's casket passed through the city on May 13, 1863. He concludes with a discussion of the packet boat Marshall and his hope that Lynchburg will preserve it as perfectly as possible.
- Date
- 13 April 2006
- Creator
- Wimer, Robert C.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Robert C. Wimer
- Wimer
- 2006
- Stonewall Jackson
- Civil War
- Lynchburg
- Lexington
- packet boat
- James River
- Kanawha Canal
- Richmond
- Virginia
- Confederate general
- historical preservation
- funeral procession
- Daily Virginian
- Daily Dispatch
- local history
- transportation history
- Riverside Park
- Packet boat hull
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Robert C. Wimer
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