Civil War miscellaneous papers, 1861-ca. 1960s.

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Civil War miscellaneous papers, 1861-ca. 1960s.

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Correspondence, diaries, reminiscences, official military papers (Union and Confederate), scrapbooks, and other papers relating to the Civil War in western Virginia and West Virginia. The correspondence includes letters from Union and Confederate soldiers serving in the Shenandoah Valley and a letter, February 1865, from Samuel J.C. Moore concerning the Confederate military situation and discussing the use of slaves as soldiers. The diaries include: 1862-1865, of Samuel C. Jones of the Upshur Battery, a Union military organization; 1861-1863, of Marcia Louise Sumner (Mrs. Sylvester Bettes) Phillips of Uphsur County, W. Va.; 1864-1865, of H.W. Stump, a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; and 1862-1863, of a member of the 17th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A., imprisoned at Fort Warren, Mass., and serving in western Maryland and western Virginia. Reminscences include those of E.H. McDonald as a Confederate soldier in the Valley of Virginia, and accounts of skirmishes, 1862, near Bloomery Furnace, Hampshire County, W. Va., and Fayetteville, Fayette County, W. Va. Confederate military papers include a report of Col. B.H. Jones, 16th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A., of the battle of Piedmont, Va., 1864; a list of killed and wounded at the Battle of Kernstown, 1862; and a muster roll of 2nd Virginia Regiment, Co. K, C.S.A. Union military papers include the letter book, 1863-1865, of George S. Leland, commissary officer at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.; and the roll book, 1862-1864, of Co. A., 5th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, U.S.A. Scrapbooks contain local newspaper accounts of Virginia military actions. Other papers include a chronological list of West Virginia battles, attributed to Boyd B. Stutler; and a Confederate Treasury bond, 1865, signed by Robert Tyler.

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United States. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 5th. Co. A.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2d. Co. K.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 17th

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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Native of Charles Town, W. Va., auto dealer, postmaster, veteran of both World Wars, and collector of manuscripts and rare books dealing with western Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658879 ...

Moore, Samuel Johnston Cramer, 1826-1908.

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United States. Army. West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Co. G.

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McDonald, Edward Hitchcock, b. 1832.

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Edward Hitchcock McDonald of Winchester, Va., was a colonel of the 77th Virginia Infantry Regiment and major, 11th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States of America. From the guide to the Edward Hitchcock McDonald Papers, ., 1853-1904, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Jones, Samuel C., b. 1841.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 16th

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Phillips, Marcia Louise Sumner, 1835-1871.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...