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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Manson Crutchfield Collection of Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0088
Scope and Contents

Includes 82 items collected by Charles Manson Crutchfield, including 38 photographs some of which are of Confederate generals and were taken by Michael Miley, postcards and printed materials, most of which concern Washington and Lee University and the surrounding city of Lexington, Virginia during the 1880's

Dates: Inclusive 1882-1914; Majority of material found within Bulk 1880-1889
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Charles Manson Crutchfield Collection of Memorabilia

David Flavel Jamison papers

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-10
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0056
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence while Jamison was Secretary of War of South Carolina, 1861; scattered letters and papers pertaining to the South Carolina Secession Convention of which he was president, and papers related to his tenure as presiding judge of the military court of Gen. Beauregard's Corps, 1862-1864. Robert Woodward Barnwell and Lawrence Massillon Keitt are among the correspondents.

Dates: Inclusive 1860-1864
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / David Flavel Jamison papers

Frank Smith Reader Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0019
Scope and Contents

Description of the march up the Valley of Virginia, the burning of VMI, taking trophies in Lexington, and the march to Lynchburg.

Dates: Inclusive March 10,1863- June 23, 1864
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Frank Smith Reader Diary

Joseph Eggleston Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0069
Scope and Contents

Includes Johnston's Order No. 18, April 27, 1865, to his troops after his surrender to Gen. William T. Sherman; a letter, Jan. 24, 1884, from Johnston to [James F. Rogers?] concerning some letters from Gen. R. E. Lee; autographed photograph of Johnston.

Dates: Inclusive 1865-1884
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Joseph Eggleston Johnston Papers

Lee-Jackson Foundation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0170
Scope and Contents This collection consists 115 total items. Box one consists of eighty-six letters written by members of the Lee Family of Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his wife, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee; his children, his father-in-law, George Washington Parke Custis; and Lees of the 18th through early 20th century. Box two consists of twenty-nine items, most written by and/or received by individuals connected to the Lee and/or Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson military and family circles. Prominent...
Dates: 1847 - 1905; Majority of material found within Bulk dates 1847-1869
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Lee-Jackson Foundation Collection

McFarland Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0384
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / McFarland Family Papers

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
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Thomas J. Neel Correspondence

Washington Hall Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0629
Dates: 1800 - 1965
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Washington Hall Ephemera Collection

William Lyne Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0029
Scope and Contents Includes letters from the American Civil War period; correspondence of Wilson while he was Congressman from West Virginia, Postmaster General under Cleveland, and President of Washington and Lee University; 3 bound, indexed volumes (not orginals) of Wilson's official correspondence as Postmaster General; 6 diaries; miscellaneous papers and printed speeches; 38 letters from the University of West Virginia collection (microfilm); photograph; correspondence with Isidor Straus concerning...
Dates: Inclusive 1852-1980
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / William Lyne Wilson Papers

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