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Ebenezer Mitchell Walden Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0472
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters written by E. M. Walden from various Confederate States of America camps (near Wilmington, NC; Kinston, NC; and Richmond, VA) to his sister. He provides her with updates on CSA military activities and mentions General Sherman's raid in Georgia. The letters are dated June 13, 1863, Dec. 3, 1864, and Jan. 20, 1865.
Dates:
Inclusive 1863-1865
John White Brockenbrough Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0478
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two of John Brockenbrough's personal correspondences, a letter of resignation from Washington and Lee University, and a bank receipt from the Bank of Lexington. One of the personal correspondences contains information about military movements in Virginia during the American Civil War.
Dates:
Inclusive 1863-1874; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1874
Thomas J. Neel Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0454
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of five letters, four of which are written by Neel to his friends and family. In a letter to his mother dated June 22, 1864, Neel writes about receiving orders to travel to Lynchburg to meet Union General Hunter's forces, which had just moved through Lexington, Virginia. In the letter to Hicks, Neel requests for Captain Hicks to speak on his behalf as he is a candidate for the Commissioner of Revenue in Bland County, Va. In a letter dated September 1861, Neel...
Dates:
Inclusive 1863-1865