Civil War -- letters
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
J. Keller Reid Papers
A Civil War letter from William J. Delay, Camp Bridgewater, 22 March 1864, to his father asking about a transfer of goods and money. Several turn of the century receipts and an artist sketch book from Franklin, WV. Also photos of logging boom towns and rural scenes at the turn of the century in the Eastern Panhandle, particularly of Laneville, Tucker County and Petersburg, Grant County.
John Ewing, Soldier, Civil War Letter
Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers
Lorena Brown (1850-1919) Letter, Typed Document [Xerox]
Typed transcription of a letter written by Lorena Brown to her aunt, Lucinda Dunham Powell. The letter, dated 28 March 1863, describes the Brown family's journey from the Kanawha Valley to Monroe County.
L.R. Brown, Civil War Letter
An envelope and an undated letter of thanks to Miss Lucy Johnson and others in McDowell, WV for the care of wounded soldiers from a Confederate officer.
Pauline M. Headley, Collector, Civil War Letters
Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection
Richard Beto, Collector, Records regarding the Civil War in West Virginia
Robinson Family Manuscripts
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.
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.