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Civil War -- letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

J. Keller Reid Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2884
Overview

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.

Dates: ca. 1864-1940

John Ewing, Soldier, Civil War Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3777
Overview Letter of John Ewing, Corporal of the 16th Ohio Infantry, to his wife and children, written from the Kanawha Valley in the vicinity of Charleston, (West) Virginia (2 November 1862). Ewing writes that he is in good health and describes recent encounters with Confederate troops. He describes in detail his experience as a Confederate prisoner, including a time he saw a "Company" of Indians with the Confederates. He also remarks on the opinions, mood, and character of the Confederate soldiers he...
Dates: 1862

Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4138
Scope and Contents Family papers compiled by Katherine Williams of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Most of the papers are of the James H. Taylor family of Clarksburg, West Virginia dating from the 19th century. There are also records of the Irwin family including a genealogy, and the Civil War letters of private George Irwin, a soldier in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other families documented include the Redman and Summers families. The collection includes letters, autograph books, family...
Dates: ca. 1840-2005

Lorena Brown (1850-1919) Letter, Typed Document [Xerox]

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2588
Overview

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.

Dates: 1862-1863

L.R. Brown, Civil War Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2957
Overview

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.

Dates: n.d.

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

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4590
Scope and Contents Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of...
Dates: 1731, 1781-1992, and undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1980

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

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

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview

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.

Dates: 1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866