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Lynchburg

By: Dorothy T. Potter,Clifton W. Potter Jr.

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Lynchburg

By: Dorothy T. Potter,Clifton W. Potter Jr.

Since its beginning as a ferry crossing in 1757, the city of Lynchburg has covered the hills that rise above the James River. A community that has managed to successfully blend its past with the best that the present has to offer, Lynchburg is truly the Heart of Virginia. Holding doctorates in history, authors Dorothy T. and Clifton W. Potter Jr. have spent their professional careers teaching at Lynchburg College.

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100

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439641617

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9781439641613

Lynchburg

1757-2007

By: Dorothy Potter,Clifton W. Potter

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Lynchburg

1757-2007

By: Dorothy Potter,Clifton W. Potter

In the spring of 1757, the Lynch brothers established a ferry across the James River to transport settlers on their way to the Ohio Valley. Within a decade, the settlement clustered around the ferry house became known as Lynchburg. For a century, the city was regarded as one of the most important transportation centers in the Upper South, although its real fortune lay in tobacco. After the Civil War, Lynchburg evolved into a manufacturing center with a broadly based economy. As it marks its 250th anniversary, Lynchburg has become a focus for higher education and tourism in Central Virginia. From the development of the modern camera to the current digital revolution, this photographic record of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties' growth is rich, varied, and traces their transformation almost from their birth to the present day.

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130

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738543888

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9780738543888

Yankees in the Hill City

The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865

By: Clifton W. Potter, Jr.

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Yankees in the Hill City

The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865

By: Clifton W. Potter, Jr.

With three railroads and a canal passing through the city, Lynchburg, Virginia, was a major hospital center during the Civil War, far from the remote battlefields. A transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another prison opened in June 1862 at the Fair Ground, just outside the city limits. Upon arrival, the sick and wounded were assigned to one of the 32 hospitals regardless of the uniform they wore. Union POWs who died were buried in the City Cemetery by the local funeral service, which also carefully recorded their personal data. Local ministers daily performed burial services for all soldiers, regardless of their race or the color of their uniforms, and all their expenses were paid by the Confederate government. This book presents the complete history of this Union POW camp in Lynchburg: the context of its founding, its operations, and its fate after the war. Two appendices present burial records for the POWs and Lynchburg Campaign casualties.

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