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Box 8

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Series 6. Military Records, 1855-1938 and undated, bulk: Bulk, 1861–1865

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This series contains four subseries, which include:

West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;
31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;
Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and
Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.

Dates: 1855-1938 and undated; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1861–1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

Series 6. Military Records -- Other Virginia CSA Units, 1910-1932 and undated

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.

Dates: 1910-1932 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records

Series 6. Military Records -- Clippings, 1927

 Sub-Series — Box: 8, Folder: 3-5
Scope and Contents

This subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the  Weston Democrat  from January 7 to June 3, 1927.

Dates: 1927
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records

"My Recollections of the Civil War" (photocopies of a series of Weston Democrat articles by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which ran from January 7 to June 3, 1927; 15 items), 1927

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Dates: 1927
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records / Series 6. Military Records -- Clippings

"My Recollections of the Civil War" (photocopies of a series of Weston Democrat articles by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which ran from January 7 to June 3, 1927; 7 items), 1927

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Dates: 1927
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records / Series 6. Military Records -- Clippings

"My Recollections of the Civil War" (a series of Weston Democrat articles by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which ran from January 7 to June 3, 1927; originals of folders 3 and 4; 22 items), 1927

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Dates: 1927
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records / Series 6. Military Records -- Clippings

Record of Confederate Soldiers Listed by Regiments, Cavalry (copy of record in Box 7, folder 39; copy 2 of 2), undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records / Series 6. Military Records -- Other Virginia CSA Units

Records of Confederate Soldiers of Greenbrier County (includes newspaper lists and a prepared list of all surviving Confederate soldiers who enlisted in Greenbrier County; the list was compiled by David Richard Thomas of Lewisburg, and provides names, 1903 address, rank, and unit served with; 4 items) [Note: original handwritten list can be found in Series 9, Oversize, box 15, folder 2.], undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 6. Military Records / Series 6. Military Records -- Other Virginia CSA Units