Papers of John Baker Tapscott, 1843-1943, (bulk 1861-1904).

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Papers of John Baker Tapscott, 1843-1943, (bulk 1861-1904).

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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of John B. Tapscott. The family correspondence includes pieces describing a John Bartholomew Gough's temperance lecture in Charlottesville (1847), the opinions on the Mexican War, Civil War, and Reconstruction. The Civil War papers, assembled in a scrapbook, contain orders, reports, communications with Engineer Bureau, and other military records, a few personal letters, passes, passports, and copies of Robert E. Lee's farewell address to the troops. Also included is an account book entitled "The Confederate States in cash account with Lieutenant John. B. Tapscott." Correspondents include Alfred L. Rives, Charles Henry Dimmock, and others. The collection also contains a surveyor's field book kept by Tapscott in 1859-1860, his public lecture of the history of the crusades (1875), his poems, contributions to various newspapers, reports on the on the transit of Venus addressed to U.S. Transit of Venus commission (1882), and genealogical materials related to the Tapscott, Baker, Cobb, Gilmer, and Pegram families.

ca. 200 pieces.1 box.

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Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886

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American temperance reformer; born in England. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, to [Horace Greeley?], 1869 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587396 Lecturer, reformer, and author. From the description of Papers of John B. Gough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450516 Noted British Amercian temperance lecturer and author. From the description of John B. Gough papers [manuscript], 1880-1883 (Unive...

Dimmock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1831-1873

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Tapscott, John Pegram.

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Confederate States of America. Engineer Bureau

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Rives, Alfred Landon, 1830-1903

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Alfred Landon Rives was an Army engineer, Confederate officer, and architect, of Albemarle County, Virginia. From the guide to the Alfred Landon Rives Papers, 1829-1888 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Army engineer, Confederate officer, and architect, of Albemarle Co., Va. From the description of Papers, 1839-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20121584 American engineer; born in Par...

Tapscott, John Baker.

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John Baker Tapscott was son of Baker Tapscott and Eleanor Morrow Tapscott of Shepherdstown, Va. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, he worked as a surveyor. On Mar. 13, 1862 he was appointed 1st Lieutenant of the Corps of Engineer of Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America and served under Alfred L. Rives in Virginia and North Carolina. He was among the Confederate troops who surrendered at Appomattox Court House and was paroled on Apr. 10, 1865. He then moved to Tennessee, and i...