In the middle of Riverside Park in Lynchburg, Virginia, sits the rusty hull of the packet boat Marshall. Why is it here, and what exactly was it?
Bibliography
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Longfellow, Rickie. “The Packet Boat-Transportation By Canal.” Federal Highway Administration. Last modified June 30, 2023. https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/back-time/packet-boat-transportation-canal.
“Boating on the James River and Kanawha Canal.” Lynchburg Museum. Accessed July 24, 2024. https://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/boating-on-the-james-river-and-kanawha-canal.
Rockbridge County News (Lexington, VA). “Packet Boat Which Bore Jackson’s Body Made Shrine At Lynchburg.” November 12, 1936.
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“Packet Boat Marshall.” Virginia Civil War Trails. Historical marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=54371
Media Sources
“Packet Boat ‘Marshall'” (c. 1890). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Industrial_Guide_and_Shippers_D/qwYoAAAAYAAJ
“The Old ‘Marshall'” (bef. 1913). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historic_Virginia_Homes_and_Churches/0CvOwwkRjyMC