Richard Woolfolk Waldrop papers, 1850-1867 [manuscript].

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Richard Woolfolk Waldrop papers, 1850-1867 [manuscript].

Letters written home by Waldrop of Virginia, a member of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., and his diary, 1863-1867, during the Civil War and in Richmond after the war. The letters discuss camp and battlefield conditions and rumors of military action. Also included is the diary, 1862-1865, of his brother, John Waldrop (1845-1891), with the Richmond (Va.) Howitzers; and a bound volume containing copies of letters, 1916-1917, from Eloise Waldrop to her father, R. W. Waldrop, while she was traveling throughout the Midwest with singer Alma Gluck.

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