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Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561

Furloughs, Desertions, Discharges, and Death Notices

 Digital Record
Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f1
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Furloughs, Desertions, Discharges, and Death Notices (8 items), 1861-1864

Images from the Roy Bird Cook Papers

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Collection Number: 1561_mfcs_photographs
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

Judicial Matters (includes charges, court martial orders, proceedings, etc.

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Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f3
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Judicial Matters (includes charges, court martial orders, proceedings, etc.; 7 items), 1861-1864

Letters to Roy Bird Cook (from J.N. Potts, Mrs. Frank Curry, and Marguerite T. Downing [?], regarding the history of soldiers involved in the Civil War)

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Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f11
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Letters to Roy Bird Cook (from J.N. Potts, Mrs. Frank Curry, and Marguerite T. Downing [?], regarding the history of soldiers involved in the Civil War; 3 items), 1922, 1930, 1949

Lewis County in the Civil War' (facsimile of chapter 11 of book by Roy Bird Cook, regarding Company I, 31st Virginia)

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Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f15
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / 'Lewis County in the Civil War' (facsimile of chapter 11 of book by Roy Bird Cook, regarding Company I, 31st Virginia; 1 item), undated

Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates)

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Collection Number: 1561_s15_b49_f9
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 15. Oversize Material, 1774-1964, undated (includes facsimiles) / Series 15. Oversize Material--31st Virginia Infantry, 1861-1864, undated / Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates; 6 items), 1861-1862

Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates)

 Digital Record
Collection Number: 1561_s15_b49_f11
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 15. Oversize Material, 1774-1964, undated (includes facsimiles) / Series 15. Oversize Material--31st Virginia Infantry, 1861-1864, undated / Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates; 8 items), 1863-1864

Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates and deserters)

 Digital Record
Collection Number: 1561_s15_b49_f10
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 15. Oversize Material, 1774-1964, undated (includes facsimiles) / Series 15. Oversize Material--31st Virginia Infantry, 1861-1864, undated / Lists of Officers (also includes the names of privates and deserters; 7 items), 1862-1863

Military Correspondence (includes manuscript, facsimile, and transcript letters)

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Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f4-6
Found in:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
  1. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Correspondence, folder 1 of 3 (includes manuscript, facsimile, and transcript letters; correspondents include: J.M. Bennett, William L. Jackson, John S. Hoffman, Alfred H. Jackson, W.J. Bland, F. Fousse, and John D. Neal; 17 items), 1861-1863
  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Correspondence, folder 2 of 3 (includes manuscript letters; correspondents include: W. Winston Fontaine, G.D. Camden, John W. Daniel, Cyrus Hall, William Smith [Governor of Virginia], J. S. Kerr McCutchen, G.D. Camden Jr., Mr. Mayburry, S. Buttermore, William L. Jackson, and others; 17 items), 1863
  3. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Correspondence, folder 3 of 3 (includes manuscript letters and a hand-drawn map depicting routes among the cities in the Franklin to Harpers Ferry, WV area; correspondents include: Charles B. Duffield, J. S. Kerr McCutchen, W.P. Thompson, Waldo P. Johnson, J.M. Bennett, W.P. Cooper, and others; 13 items), 1864-1865, undated

Military Orders (contains manuscript and printed general and special orders)

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Collection Number: 1561_s2_b2_f7-9
Found in:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
  1. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Orders, folder 1 of 3 (contains manuscript and printed general and special orders; 21 items), 1861-1862
  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Orders, folder 2 of 3 (contains manuscript and printed material; includes general orders, special orders, circulars, etc.; 21 items), 1863
  3. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 2. Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry, ca. 1856-1955, undated (includes facsimiles) / Military Orders, folder 3 of 3 (contains manuscript orders, a facsimile order, and a printed communication to the officers of the Subsistence Department of the Confederate States; 4 items), 1864-1865