According to a Historical marker, Gaspar Tochman after fighting for the
Confederacy in the Civil War settled in Spotsylvania County and served
as European agent for the Virginia Board of Immigration.
     My questions are, what was the Virginia Board of Immigration, what
was it for, and what was its history?

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