Civil War - West Virginia 11th Volunteer Infantry, Company A.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Pauline M. Headley, Collector, Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3118
Scope and Contents
Civil War letters from David Riel and Newton Van Leer of Company G, 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry and Charles W. Elliot of Company A, 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Most letters are to Sarah Riel of Wood County. Subjects include defense of the B&O Railroad, the kidnapping of Union generals Crook and Kelley, military action near Richmond, and military hospitals. Two postwar letters concern West Virginia emigrants to the West. This collection includes both original letters...
Dates:
1862-1865, 1885-1890; Majority of material found within 1862-1865