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Robert Alonzo Brock

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Robert Alonzo Brock Veteran

Birth
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jul 1914 (aged 75)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 16, Plot 112
Memorial ID
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United Confederate Veterans. Records, 1875-1909.
Accession 41008, Miscellaneous reel 4391. 1 reel. Microfilm.
Library of Va.
Records, 1875-1909, of the United Confederate Veterans, relating to the Grand Camp, Department of Virginia. Includes booklets, circulars, correspondence, orders, reports, and rosters.
Includes a souvenir booklet for the 3rd annual meeting and reunion, 1892.
Rosters of UCV camp names, locations, officers, and membership.
Orders regarding the appointment of commanders, dues, and meetings.
Reports from the Surgeon General and the History Committee. Also included is information relating to the centenniel celebration for Admiral Raphael Semmes, 1909.
Correspondence and receipts of membership for Robert A. Brock.
===From The Library of Virginia:
Medical notebook, 1863[?], of Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914), while he was serving as a steward at Winder Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Volume contains notes on lectures given by hospital staff on various diseases and wounds, and their treatment.
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Diaries, 26 April 1861 - 31 July 1862, of Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914), while he was serving with the 21st Virginia Infantry. Topics covered include being stationed in Fredericksburg and in the Shenandoah Valley, weather observations, drills and dress parades, guard duty, skirmishes with the enemy, letters received and sent, movements of other units, and rumors of victories and defeats by the Confederate and Federal armies. Portions of the diaries are illegible. There are also numerous drawings by Brock in the first volume, including the tomb and the home of Mary Washington, mother of President George Washington, the regiment's camps in Fredericksburg and near Aquia Creek, and the encampment of forces under General William Wing Loring in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia.
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Correspondence, ca. 1880-1910, to Robert Alonzo Brock, written while he served as secretary for the Virginia Historical Society and Southern Historical Society. Topics include membership to the Virginia Historical Society, dues, subscriptions to the Southern Historical Society Papers, purchases of archival manuscripts and publications for the society, loans of books, and general Virginia historical and genealogical research inquiries. Also included are letters regarding Brock's participation and involvement in many historical boards and associations. Many of the letters relate to genealogy, requesting Brock's assistance in researching family histories. The letters include some Bible records and genealogical notes for the family the correspondents were researching, making these letters a great source for genealogists. Often the correspondents were researching their last name, although included are some requests for other family names. Therefore a thorough checking of all family names may be required to find genealogical information relating to a specific family name.
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The Robert Alonzo Brock miscellaneous files, 1655-1908, include a wide variety of business, organizational, personal, and military records collected by Brock. The records encompass not only Virginia, but many other East coast colonies and states. The files are organized chronologically and cover a variety of topics, locations, and time periods. Included are accounts, affidavits, agreements, bills, bonds, correspondence, deeds, inventories, invitations, petitions, power of attorney, promissory notes, receipts, reports, surveys, reports, and warrants. Topics include agriculture, business, genealogy, politics, social life, universities, and war. The collection encompasses such a wide range of materials, a separate database was created to identify each manuscript. In order to access the collection, patrons should search the database for specific names or topics.
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Richmond Dispatch. Records relating to the Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch, 1861-1906.
Accession 41008 Miscellaneous reel 4396-4397. 2 reels. Microfilm.
Records, 1861-1906, of the Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch, containing correspondence to and from the editor, extracts from published sources and proceedings, subscription and advertising receipts, editorials, poetry, requests, clippings, and drafts of articles. Many of the articles deal with topics in Virginia history, such as Virginia's colonial governors and council presidents, and the Civil War in Virginia. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Robert Alonzo Brock.
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United Confederate Veterans. Records, 1875-1909.
Accession 41008, Miscellaneous reel 4391. 1 reel. Microfilm.
Library of Va.
Records, 1875-1909, of the United Confederate Veterans, relating to the Grand Camp, Department of Virginia. Includes booklets, circulars, correspondence, orders, reports, and rosters.
Includes a souvenir booklet for the 3rd annual meeting and reunion, 1892.
Rosters of UCV camp names, locations, officers, and membership.
Orders regarding the appointment of commanders, dues, and meetings.
Reports from the Surgeon General and the History Committee. Also included is information relating to the centenniel celebration for Admiral Raphael Semmes, 1909.
Correspondence and receipts of membership for Robert A. Brock.
===From The Library of Virginia:
Medical notebook, 1863[?], of Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914), while he was serving as a steward at Winder Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Volume contains notes on lectures given by hospital staff on various diseases and wounds, and their treatment.
===
Diaries, 26 April 1861 - 31 July 1862, of Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914), while he was serving with the 21st Virginia Infantry. Topics covered include being stationed in Fredericksburg and in the Shenandoah Valley, weather observations, drills and dress parades, guard duty, skirmishes with the enemy, letters received and sent, movements of other units, and rumors of victories and defeats by the Confederate and Federal armies. Portions of the diaries are illegible. There are also numerous drawings by Brock in the first volume, including the tomb and the home of Mary Washington, mother of President George Washington, the regiment's camps in Fredericksburg and near Aquia Creek, and the encampment of forces under General William Wing Loring in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia.
===
Correspondence, ca. 1880-1910, to Robert Alonzo Brock, written while he served as secretary for the Virginia Historical Society and Southern Historical Society. Topics include membership to the Virginia Historical Society, dues, subscriptions to the Southern Historical Society Papers, purchases of archival manuscripts and publications for the society, loans of books, and general Virginia historical and genealogical research inquiries. Also included are letters regarding Brock's participation and involvement in many historical boards and associations. Many of the letters relate to genealogy, requesting Brock's assistance in researching family histories. The letters include some Bible records and genealogical notes for the family the correspondents were researching, making these letters a great source for genealogists. Often the correspondents were researching their last name, although included are some requests for other family names. Therefore a thorough checking of all family names may be required to find genealogical information relating to a specific family name.
===
The Robert Alonzo Brock miscellaneous files, 1655-1908, include a wide variety of business, organizational, personal, and military records collected by Brock. The records encompass not only Virginia, but many other East coast colonies and states. The files are organized chronologically and cover a variety of topics, locations, and time periods. Included are accounts, affidavits, agreements, bills, bonds, correspondence, deeds, inventories, invitations, petitions, power of attorney, promissory notes, receipts, reports, surveys, reports, and warrants. Topics include agriculture, business, genealogy, politics, social life, universities, and war. The collection encompasses such a wide range of materials, a separate database was created to identify each manuscript. In order to access the collection, patrons should search the database for specific names or topics.
===
Richmond Dispatch. Records relating to the Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch, 1861-1906.
Accession 41008 Miscellaneous reel 4396-4397. 2 reels. Microfilm.
Records, 1861-1906, of the Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch, containing correspondence to and from the editor, extracts from published sources and proceedings, subscription and advertising receipts, editorials, poetry, requests, clippings, and drafts of articles. Many of the articles deal with topics in Virginia history, such as Virginia's colonial governors and council presidents, and the Civil War in Virginia. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Robert Alonzo Brock.
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