Lewis Edwin Harvie papers, 1860-1865; 1935 [manuscript].

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Lewis Edwin Harvie papers, 1860-1865; 1935 [manuscript].

Short, undated reminiscences by Lewis Edwin Harvie (1843-1918), a Danville, Va., physician, of the Civil War, during which he was a student at Virginia Military Institute, soldier in various units, and federal prisoner. Also included is an 1860 letter describing a visit to the Harvie home in Powhatan Co., Va., and a biographical sketch of Harvie, 1935, by his daughter.

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Harvie, Lewis Edwin, 1843-1918.

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Lewis Edwin Harvie (1843-1918) was a physician of Danville, Va. During the Civil War, Harvie was a student at Virginia Military Institute and later a Confederate soldier and prisoner of war. From the guide to the Lewis Edwin Harvie Papers, ., 1860-1865; 1935, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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