Parker, William Harwar
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826 - 1896
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Hanson Fleming Diary
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0073
Scope and Contents
His diary describes Fleming's flight to Augusta, Ga. after the fall of Richmond, guarding the specie of the Confederate treasury. There is also a furlough permit, May 2, 1865, signed by Commandant William H. Parker.
Dates:
Inclusive Mar. 28-May 16, 1865
William H. Parker to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-26
Item — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000003981], Folder: 25
Abstract
William Harwar Parker, a U.S. Navy and C.S. Navy veteran and later U.S. Minister to Korea, wrote to Lee to apply for the professorship position of practical astronomy at Washington College.
Dates:
1865-12-26