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Alpine, Va. Railroad Photograph
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photo of a railroad in Alpine, Virginia, which is in Botetourt County.
Dates:
Unknown
General John Pope letter to General G. B. McClellan
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0451
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an autographed letter signed from General John Pope to General George B. McClellan at the headmaster's Army of Virginia, Washington, D.C. July 4, 1862. Pope writes that he will be able to offer military help against the confederate forces and sights specific numbers for General Irvin McDowell's troops, one division of which he says are at Fredericksburg. He also writes that his troops have broken up the depots on the Ohio River and he hopes to destroy the railroad...
Dates:
1862 July 4
"To the People of Rockbridge" Broadside
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0311
Scope and Contents
This broadside by the Valley Railroad titled 'To the People of Rockbridge' outlines funding for the railroad to be built through the county. It asks the people of Rockbridge to help finance the railroad by buying stock in it. It makes the argument that the county's prosperity depends on the railroad. It says students at Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute should no longer be expected to walk through the mire to travel to and from their families and that the...
Dates:
1871