Early Years and Civil War
Edmund Randolph Cocke was born at Oakland, one of two Cumberland County plantations owned by his parents, William Armistead Cocke and Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, on March 25, 1841. In 1856 he matriculated at Washington College (later Washington and Lee University). Intellectually gifted but shy and sometimes indolent, Cocke ranked near the bottom of his class during the first of his two years at that institution. Nevertheless, in 1858 the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) accepted him as a transfer student with sophomore standing.
During the secession crisis Cocke abandoned his studies, returned to Virginia, and on April 23, 1861, enlisted in the Black Eagle Rifles, a Cumberland County militia unit that mustered into Confederate service as Company E of the 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Elected second lieutenant in June 1861, he became first lieutenant in mid-1862 and captain in January 1863. The Black Eagle Rifles performed with d
Early Years
Charles Wesley Andrews was born on July 27, 1807, in Pittsford, Vermont, the son of Zelotus Andrews and Betsy Andrews. His father died when he was six, and the austere piety of his Congregationalist mother had an important influence on him. Andrews was educated at Castleberry Academy in Rutland and at Middlebury College. There he may have developed symptoms of the tubercular condition he suffered from later, and in June 1827 he moved to Virginia for his health. He served as a tutor for the families of Richard Kidder Meade and William Strother Jones in Frederick County.
Reverend William Meade, Episcopal Bishop of Virginia
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Part 4: The A&P Store
The official name of the A&P store was The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. At first, people referred to the store as the “Tea Store” and then just “A&P.”
According to Wikipedia, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, it was the largest grocery retailer in the United States and was considered an American icon. According to The Wall Street Journal, “A&P was as well known as McDonald s or Google is today – it was the Walmart before Walmart. ”
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