Box 1
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Control folder
File — Box: 1, Folder: 0
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865
Constitution and bylaws of Delta Delta Secret Society, University of Virginia, 1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1860
Genealogy and misc. history
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Notes
A composition book and loose notes on Nall, Doak, Lilley, and Paxton families
Dates:
Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865
Miscellaneous printed material
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Dates:
Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865
Photographs, 1857 - 1910
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
8 images from Paxton, Tapscott, and Lilley families
Dates:
1857 - 1910
Photographs
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Three items -- Stonewall Jackson, James Tapscott, James Lilley
Dates:
Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865
Diary, volume one, 1861-06-08 through 1861-09-02
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1861-06-08 through 1861-09-02
Diary, volume two, 1861-09-13 through 1861-11-02
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1861-09-13 through 1861-11-02
Diary, volume three, 1861-11-02 through 1861-11-21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1861-11-02 through 1861-11-21
Diary, volume four, 1861-11-22 through 1862-02-09
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1861-11-22 through 1862-02-09
Diary, volume five, 1862-07-15 through 1863-06-26
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1862-07-15 through 1863-06-26
Diary, volume six, 1863-10-30 through 1865-05-01
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1863-10-30 through 1865-05-01
Diary transcriptions, 1861-06-08 through 1865-05-01
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1861-06-08 through 1865-05-01
Advertisement for "Memory Days", 1908
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Memory Days (1908) was a book written by Paxton -- "In which the Shenandoah Valley is seen in retrospection, with glimpses of school days and the life of Virginia people of fifty years ago."
Dates:
1908
Correspondence and clippings, Paxton family, 1926-1959
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. Journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed...
Dates:
1926-1959