We wish to express appreciation to all of the following for their help
and assistance in the preparation of this report. The contributions of
some are discussed in detail in the text, but we are grateful to each
and every one.
Miss Wilsie Thornton, Mrs. Bess Franklin Mattox, Stuart M. Farrar and
Jack Price, Pamplin, Virginia.
Dr. Clyde G. O’Brien, M.D.; Calvin Robinson, retired editor; Ray Noble
and William Sperry, Appomattox, Virginia.
Mrs. Aldah B. Gordon, Clerk Circuit Court, Appomattox County,
Appomattox, Virginia.
Vernon C. Womack, Clerk Circuit Court, Prince Edward County, Farmville,
Virginia.
Alford L. Rector, Charles H. Meadows, and Mrs. Charles S. Martin,
Appomattox Court House, National Historic Park, Virginia.
Edward A. Chappell, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, Richmond,
Virginia.
Edward F. Heite, formerly with Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.
Francis B. Fitzgerald, Suffolk, Virginia.