Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
August Forsberg's Civil War Memoir
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0109
Scope and Contents
This collection is an American Civil War memoir, c.1870?, of August Forsberg, which includes accounts of Confederate fortifications, marches and battles, and his life in a Union prisoner of war camp in Fort Delaware.
Dates:
1870
Blain Family Papers
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-7
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0066
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal papers of the Blain family of Albemarle County and Williamsburg, Virginia, including the Civil War period diary (1861-63) of school teacher Mary Randolph Blain. The diary, written near the York River in Gloucester County, Va. provides a picture of civilian life both in that area and in Williamsburg, Va. where her parents lived during the period. Also included are two letters written from Randolph Harrison Blain, brother of the diarist and a member of the...
Dates:
Inclusive 1861-1905; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1864
Robert E. Lee Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primary and secondary resources pertaining to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family. Included are correspondences from, to, and about Lee and various family members; memorabilia, pamphlets, photographs, reminiscences, miscellaneous personal papers, family history and genealogy. The collection includes materials acquired from the Lee family and items donated to and purchased and compiled by W&L University since Lee's tenure as president of Washington College from 1865...
Dates:
Inclusive 1792-1935; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1870
Robert H. Chilton letter
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0431
Scope and Contents
In this letter Robert H. Chilton seeks employment after the conclusion of the American Civil War. He mentions his previous employment as the Chief of Staff in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The recipient of the letter is unknown.
Dates:
1865-05-13
William Preston Johnston Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0015
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two letters, November 4, 1870, and January 13, 1872, to Colonel. Johnston; the letter written in 1870 is about the Army of Northern Virginia, and the letter written in 1872 concerns a donation to the Lee monument. There is a letter dated July 19, 1878 from Johnston to Preston Johnston Beale. Also there is a reprint of a letter about the 'Life of Albert Sidney Johnston,' which Johnston wrote in memorial of his father. Lastly, there is a letter dated June 24, 1874...
Dates:
1870 - 1878
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- Correspondence 4
- Administration 1
- Civil war 1
- College attendance 1
- Delaware -- Fort Delaware 1
- Diaries 1
- Fortification, Field 1
- Job hunting 1
- Military orders 1
- Monuments 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Personal narratives 1
- Personal narratives -- Confederate 1
- Photographs 1
- Postwar reconstruction 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Prisoners of war 1
- Reconstruction (United States: 1865-1877) 1
- Southern Collegian 1
- Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of (Virginia : 1864) 1
- United States -- Confederate States of America 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- University autonomy 1
- University purchasing 1
- University towns 1
- Virginia 1
- Virginia -- Gloucester County 1
- Virginia -- Lexington 1
- Virginia -- Williamsburg 1
- Virginia -- York River 1
- Virginia--Arlington 1
- West Virginia -- Lewisburg 1
- Williamsburg, Battle of (Virginia : 1862) 1 + ∧ less
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