Civil war
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Robert E. Lee Family papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primary and secondary resources pertaining to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family. Included are correspondences from, to, and about Lee and various family members; memorabilia, pamphlets, photographs, reminiscences, miscellaneous personal papers, family history and genealogy. The collection includes materials acquired from the Lee family and items donated to and purchased and compiled by W&L University since Lee's tenure as president of Washington College from 1865...
Dates:
Inclusive 1792-1935; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1870
Rockbridge Artillery, First
File — Box 12, Folder: 6
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Wartime Correspondence with Elizabeth, 1862
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004835], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Elisha Franklin Paxton Papers are comprised primarily of the personal correspondences, business and military papers of Elisha F. Paxton between 1845 and 1863. The core of the personal letters are written from Paxton to his wife Elizabeth White Paxton during their courtship in the 1850s and during the American Civil War, 1861-1863, while he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army’s 27th Virginia Infantry, a member of the staff of General Stonewall Jackson, and general in...
Dates:
1862