Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1508
Overview
Correspondence of Miss Hattie A. Fudge, Tazewell, Virginia. A majority of the letters are written by soldiers of the Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment (Confederate) commanded by Generals John B. Floyd, W.W. Loring, and John Echols. Subjects include Floyd's military engagements, 1861; Battle of Lewisburg, 1862; skirmishes along the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; and Jubal Early's January, 1864, raid into the South Branch Valley.
Dates:
1861-1864
William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1943
Overview
Correspondence of a Civil War general who had business interests in the Cannel Coal Company, Coal River Navigation Company, James River and Kanawha Company, and the Western Oil Company. Subjects include coal, oil, iron and steel; improvements on the Kanawha, Coal, and Ohio rivers; English investments in the Cannel Coal Company and the Winifrede Mining & Manufacturing Company; and timber prices. Civil War correspondence includes letters from Francis H. Pierpont and General Jacob D. Cox....
Dates:
1841-1879
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- Subject: Rivers and river valleys. X
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- Civil War - Virginia 45th Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Lewisburg. 1
- Coal River. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Ohio River 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. 1
- South Branch Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Steel industry and trade 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1 + ∧ less
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