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Civil War -- Confederate soldiers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0815
Overview One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender...
Dates: 1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hays Family of Gilmer County, West Virginia Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2734
Scope and Contents Papers of the Hays family of Gilmer County, West Virginia, centering on Peregrine Hays and his son Samuel Hays. The collection includes Civil War related material; correspondence; financial, business, and legal records; and other material. The Civil War material includes a receipt for the sale of enslaved Africans, military orders, and records of financial transactions made in Confederate currency. The correspondence within the collection includes personal letters between members of the Hays...
Dates: 1837-1963; Majority of material found in 1863-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Hatcher, Confederate Veteran, Typescript Titled "Recollections of the Civil War 1861-1865"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4368
Overview

Typescript by John Hatcher, a Confederate veteran and West Virginia native, titled "Recollections of the Civil War 1861-1865". Hatcher served in the Confederate Army from August 1861 until he was taken prisoner in November 1864. Hatcher writes about his unit's movements, battles participated in, officers encountered, and hardships endured. For further information, see “Scope and Contents” and "Biographical Note".

Dates: 1933-1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Margaret Hersman, Collector, Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4360
Overview

Two autobiographical publications by West Virginians who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War: "A Diary Depicting the Experiences of DeWitt Clinton Gallagher in The War Between the States While Serving in the Confederate Army" (1945) and "Recollections of a Life Time" by Colonel Daniel S. DeWees (ca. 1904). See "Scope and Contents" for further information.

Dates: 1945; 1904
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Richard Beto, Collector, Records regarding the Civil War in West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3044
Overview This collection contains documents and other material regarding the Civil War, including a diary, letters, reports, clippings, a muster roll, and other material. The majority of items in the collection regard the Civil War in West Virginia. Items within the collection are facsimiles and photocopies. Highlights of the collection include: the diary of Alex McGraw, who served with the West Virginia First Light Artillery; a letter from Captain Robert Coles of Virginia Fortieth Infantry, Wise...
Dates: 1861-1875 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robinson Family Manuscripts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2662
Overview

Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.

Dates: 1847-1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia 10th Cavalry, Company G Record and Roll

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3981
Overview Transcript of the record and roll of Company G of the Confederate Virginia 10th Cavalry. The company record was kept by Sergeant H. W. Lowther of Harrison County. Information recorded includes names and ranks of soldiers, payments made to soldiers and for supplies, miles traveled, and places the company stayed. Several related letters are also transcribed. The transcript was made by Clifford Myers, State Historian and Archivist, in 1932; this collection contains a photocopy of Myers' typed...
Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center