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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904. Papers, 1862-1863.

Title: Papers, 1862-1863.

Letter (8 Oct. 1862; 2 p.) written by Lt. Gen. James Longstreet to Gen. Louis Trezevant Wigfall of Texas, to inform him of the safe arrival of his son and the reluctance of Union forces to cross the Potomac in pursuit of Robert E. Lee's forces; and letter (7 Apr. 1863; 2 p.) written to Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey asking him to advise Gen. Henry Alexander Wise to "not pass Yorktown any considerable distance with his entire force unless he finds that he will be doing so to draw out the Force at Yorktown."

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70976135 View

Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

Title: Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

This collection contains one hundred ninety two cartes-de-visite photographs of officers who served in the Confederate army. The majority of the officers served as either major generals or brigadier generals in the Confederate forces. The collection includes the photographs of many lesser known officers, as well as the famous; such as Lee, Beauregard, Morgan, Jackson, and Stuart. The collection also includes photos of past American presidents and European royalty. Acid free photocopies have been placed in the original photograph album and the originals are in a separate container. Both copies have the subject's name on it. The cartes-de-visites were taken by photographers in Mobile, Nashville, and New York; and are roughly two by five inches.

ArchivalResource: .66 cubic ft. (2 archives containers).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122548140 View

Jones, Ann Pendleton Ashby, 1814?-1862,. Papers of the Jones family of Louisa County, Va. [manuscript], 1853-1908.

Title: Papers of the Jones family of Louisa County, Va. [manuscript], 1853-1908.

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between members of the Jones family of Louisa County, Va. The collection contains letters written while John William Jones was a student at the University of Virginia in the 1850s. Subjects include smallpox in Charlottesville, student drinking and temperance, and the expelling of F. Pendleton Jones from a preparatory school. Of interest are letters of advise to John from Baptist theologian Crawford H. Toy. Approximately fifty of the letters were written between April 5, 1861 and April 5, 1863 by the brothers John William Jones, F. Pendleton Jones and P. Edloe Jones during their service in the Confederate Army in Virginia. They describe camp life, skirmishes at Romney [West] Va., Martinsburg [West], Va., Munsons' Hill, the battles of Port Republic and Cross Keys, and destruction of railroads. There are comments on Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson, A. E. Jones, "Extra Billy" Smith, J.E.B. Stuart, and James Walker and brief mentions of many other generals and officers. Of interest are comments on cowardice of Yankees, desire for peace and doubts about the war's outcome, the death of their mother, religion and the war, Virgiina politics, and the death of Edloe. Correspondents include Francis William Jones; his wife Ann Pendleton Ashby Jones; their children John WIlliam Jones, F. Pendleton Jones, P. Edloe Jones and Helen Jones. The collection also contains a photograph album.

ArchivalResource: ca.250 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252696680 View

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904. James Longstreet papers, 1862-1863.

Title: James Longstreet papers, 1862-1863.

Letter (8 Oct. 1862; 2 p.) written by Lt. Gen. James Longstreet to Gen. Louis Trezevant Wigfall of Texas, to inform him of the safe arrival of his son and the reluctance of Union forces to cross the Potomac in pursuit of Robert E. Lee's forces; and letter (7 Apr. 1863; 2 p.) written to Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey asking him to advise Gen. Henry Alexander Wise to "not pass Yorktown any considerable distance with his entire force unless he finds that he will be doing so to draw out the Force at Yorktown."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166427646 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01500/catalog View