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Box 1

 Container

Contains 131 Results:

Item 31. Letter -- (Typed Copy) W.C. Tavenner, New Orleans, to Jennet regarding the commission of Captain Vincent. He also mentions that cousin Douglas West has been appointed a captain in the regular army of Louisiana and gun batteries being constructed along the river, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 32. Letter -- Lt. W.M. McKinney, Company I, 15th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Camp Cheat Mountain, Beverly, to cousin A.E. telling of his travels since joining the Union army at Covington. Was in camp at Indianapolis, then Camp Tippicanoe, Lafayette; Camp Reynolds, Indianapolis; Camp Clay, Cincinnati; then Marietta, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Buckhannon, enroute to Rich Mountain, McClellan's headquarters. Although not a participant in the battle, McKinney graphically describes the aftermath of the battle at Rich Mountain, with dead lying everywhere. He also talks about ambushes by Rebels and the surrounding area, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 33. Letter -- (Typed Copy) Bettie T(avenner), New Orleans, to cousin Willie hoping he is doing alright. She continues that New Orleans is taking up arms, ready to fight and how General Lovell says they are safe, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 34. Letter -- (Typed Copy) Aunt Poca, Galveston, to son Willie telling him she wished he had stayed closer to her in Norfolk, with General Blanchard, instead of going so far away. She tells how she will tough it out until there is nothing left and she goes to fight, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 35. Letter -- Orders (Typed Copy) Granting a leave of absence to Captain W. C. Tavenner for 20 days to go to Richmond on private business. Also, forty-five government muskets turned over to the Quartermaster Department, and a note that Lt. Halstead of Captain Amicks Company will deliver a watch and chain to Lt. Colonel W. C. Tavenner, which was taken from him when he was captured, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 36. Letter -- Major General Irvin McDowell states that Captain R. B. Ayers is one of the most gallant and distinguished officers in the artillery corps. Ayers had served under McDowell at the battle of Manassas, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 37. Letter -- (Typed Copy) Coml.. Ferguson, French's Battery, Salem, informs the troops that Brigadier General A.G. Jenkins has held an election and Captain William C. Tavenner was elected Lieutenant Colonel, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 38. Letter -- (Typed Copy) E. Richardson, Huntsville, Alabama To Mr. W.C. Tavenner, c/o Johnathan M. Bennett, Richmond, Virginia, informing him about activities taking place since the Federals took New Orleans, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 39. Letter -- (Typed Copy) Lt. C. McCally, Company F, 5th Texas, Hoods Division to Lt. Colonel William C. Tavenner asking that he be transferred to a Virginia unit rather than a Texas unit since he is from Virginia, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)

Item 40. Letter -- (Typed Copy) Lucy, Big Lick, to Will (Tavenner) writing about her work as an electioneer. Talks about candidates and mentions a Mr. Alderson, Camden, Jack Skidmore, Frank Pierson, D.O. Kelly, and Luther. Mentions that the 25th and 31st Regiments were ordered to report to General Imboden, and that Dunn's Battery had already gone, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material / Series 2. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 2-6 (73 items)