Lightburn family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Civil War General, Articles and Letters Regarding Joseph Lightburn
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3670
Overview
Includes articles and letters regarding the biography of Union officer Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn assembled by members of the Lightburn family in response to an article written by Forrest Hill of the "Charleston Daily Mail" (reprinted in the 17 February 1994 edition of "The West Virginia Hillbilly"). The article, entitled "The Sad Saga of Lightburn's Retreat From Kanawha Valley", was a critique of Lightburn's leadership during a retreat from the Kanawha Valley during the Civil War. A...
Dates:
1865-1996; Majority of material found within 1933-1996
Lightburn Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0292
Overview
Letters, legal and land papers, tax receipts, and other papers of Benjamin, John F.C.L., Benjamin F.M.V. and J.A.J. Lightburn in Lewis County. Included are a pocket account book of the Lightburn Mill, 1836-1855; 32 items bearing on General J.A.J. Lightburn's Civil War activities, including correspondence, orders, and reports (including battle reports in connection with the Atlanta campaign, 3 items, June-July, 1864); correspondence between J.A.J. Lightburn and Soule & Co., relative to...
Dates:
1836-1935
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Regarding General Joseph A.J. Lightburn and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1379
Overview
Materials collected by Roy Bird Cook regarding General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn. Includes letters sent to Dr. Bird regarding General Lightburn and the Lightburn family, newspaper clippings regarding Lightburn and the Civil War in West Virginia, two maps, a pamphlet, and other material. See the "Historical Note" for further information about General Lightburn.
Dates:
1774-1960; Majority of material found within 1939-1960
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- Baptists 2
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Lewis County. 2
- Account books 1
- Agriculture 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Freemasons 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Ministers - letters and papers. 1
- Taxation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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