1876
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Events
- July 21 – Memorial Services commemorating the first battle of Manassas were held in Charlottesville by the 19th Virginia Regiment. Tents were pitched in the court house yard, and banners stretched across the streets inscribed with appropriate mottoes. At the banquet, one toast was: "The American Union." Col. R. T. W. Duke, C.S.A., responded, "May it endure for all time." See Charlottesville Chronicle, July 28, 1876. Alderman Library, University of Virginia; (Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, by Mary Rawlings, 1958.)
Elections
Deaths
- March 1 - Mrs. Louisa Savage, "relict" of Capt. T. W. Savage, in the 77th year of her age.[1]
- March 27 - Capt. T. W. Savage, in the 73rd year of his age. [2]
- February 4 - According to the Friday edition of the Staunton Vindicator, "Capt. T. W. Savage, an old citizen of Charlottesville, once captain of the Jefferson Guard, and after the war appointed mayor of the town, died last week."[3]