A narrative of the regiment's operations, accompanied by a roster containing short sketches of the military careers of all its soldiers.
An amusing account of the 55th at the start of the war, with poignant recollections of life on the home front. Evelyn was the daughter of the unit's first major.
Suzanne P. Derieux and Wesley P. Pippenger Essex County, Virginia Cemeteries Vol. 1, Derieux & Pippenger
The book includes information of significance such as occupation, spouse, maiden name and place of death and medical cause of death. In some instances information found on multiple records does not agree. Information includes a photograph of individual monuments.
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Essex County, Virginia Newspaper Notices Vol. 1: 1738-1932, Pippenger, Wesley E.
Earliest newspaper printed in Essex County available is the Tidewater Index, May 10, 1873. Material also came from various other newspapers that covered the area from the Williamsburg, Richmond and Fredericksburg. Entries from the Tappahannock newspapers are verbatim transcripts. Entries from others newspapers may be abstracts.
For those in the USA, this book may be obtained from The Essex County Museum Shop.
Essex County, Virginia Newspaper Notices Vol. 2: 1736-1952, Pippenger, Wesley E.
Earliest newspaper printed in Essex County available is the Tidewater Index, May 10, 1873. Material also came from various other newspapers that covered the area from the Williamsburg, Richmond and Fredericksburg. Entries from the Tappahannock newspapers are verbatim transcripts. Entries from others newspapers may be abstracts.
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Carroll
M Garnett, Fort Lowry and Raiders on the Rappahannock, Vantage
Press Inc. 2002. ISBN 0 533 13766 7.
A detailed study of the fort manned by the 55th Va during the first
year of the war. It contains three contemporary diagrams and two contemporary
sketches of the fort, an appendix listing the slaves (and their owners)
and the free-blacks who built it, and numerous illustrations including
six previously unpublished pictures of 55th Va officers. There are also
chapters about the US flotilla that operated on the Rappahannock, the
infamous Draper's Raid and the last days of John Wilkes Booth. Two of
the author's ancestors (Private Muscoe Garnett Jr. and Lieutenant William
Kemp Garnett) served in the 55th Va.
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Settlers, Southerner, Americans captures the history of Essex County "from the Indians of the 1600s to today's thriving rural community. Our county has undergone nearly all of the great trials and transitions of our nation: frontier wars and revolution, slavery and civil war, reconstruction, depression, and rapid modernisation."
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A young, able and self-confident member of Essex County's slave owning gentry describes his martial experiences.
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