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PACKET BOAT "MARSHALL"
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UNITED STATESPUSTAGE
LEE
MACKSON
STRATFORD HALL
TOUR CEN
J. A. WILKINSON
CAPTAIN
J. P. WILKINSON
MATE
QUEEN OF THE JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA FLEET
This boat carried the body of General Stonewall Jackson to Lexing ton, Va. for burial in 1863. It was the last of the canal boats
to enter Lynchburg and was beached on the south bank of James River one mile above the city and remained there until
carried away by the flood of 1913. The old hull, constructed of galvanized iron is 90x14 ft. and is on display at Riverside Park.
The last owner and captain was James A. Wilkinson and the last mate was Captain Wilkinson's son, James P. Wilkinson.
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W. VA ON THIS SIDE
COPYRIGHT WELLS SPECIALTY CO., HUNTINGTON, W. VA.
Mr. H. C. Christensen,
5511 No. Sawyer Ave;
Chicago, Illinois.
Wells Specialty Co.
Huntingion, W. Va.
