Papers : collected by Beverley Randolph Wellford, 1773- 1907 (bulk 1852-1866).

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Papers : collected by Beverley Randolph Wellford, 1773- 1907 (bulk 1852-1866).

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The collection primarily consists of letters written or documents issued by general and staff officers of the Confederate States Army (including Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, and Robert E. Lee), officials of the Confederate States War and Treasury departments. (including James A. Seddon), and other prominent political figures (including John Tyler and Henry Alexander Wise). A majority of the materials concern the supplying and operations of the Confederate States Army in Virginia. Also, includes correspondence, accounts, and miscellaneous medical records of Richmond, Va., physician Beverley Randolph Wellford (1797-1870), Beverley Randolph Wellford (1828-1911), and John Spotswood Wellford (as a Confederate Army surgeon at Jackson Hospital in Richmond).

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Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury.

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The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. From the guide to the Death benefit certificates and power of attorney, 1863-1865, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Confederate dollar, often called a "Greyback", was first issued into circulation in April 1861, when...

Confederate States of America. War Dept.

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Agents of the Confederate States of America War Department were responsible for the exportation of goods to finance the war effort and for the importation of supplies. Among the agents were J.D. Aiken at Charleston (S.C.), Allen S. Gibbes, and Col. Thomas L. Bayne at Richmond, Virginia. Acting as purchasing agents were L. Heyliger at Nassau, Major W.S. Walker at Bermuda, J.M. Sexias at Wilmington (N.C.), T.N. Johnston, and M. Hatch at Augusta (Ga.), S. Wolfe at Winnsboro (S.C.), and Adam Griffin...

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the guide to the Stonewall Jackson papers, 1855-1906, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Confederate general. From the description of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23186323 Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the de...

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

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Representative from Virginia; Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Autograph letter in pencil signed : [n.p.], to R.J. Walker, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633277 Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Letter to Dr. [Lewis] [manuscript], 1853 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647986794 From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313944 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Wellford, John Spotswood, 1825-1911.

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Jackson Hospital (Richmond, Va.)

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Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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American lawyer and politician; governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to President Buchanan, 1857 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588282 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Teackle in Baltimore, 1841 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. T.H. Ellis, 1859 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588...

Wellford, Beverley Randolph, 1828-1911.

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Richmond, Va., physician and officer of the Virginia Historical Society. Dr. Wellford collected autographs and documents of prominent Virginia historical figures, with a special interest in the periods of the American Revolution and Civil War. From the description of Papers : collected by Beverley Randolph Wellford, 1773- 1907 (bulk 1852-1866). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30372622 ...

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...

Wellford, Beverley R. (Beverley Randolph), 1797-1870

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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...

Wellford, Beverley Randolph, 1828-1911.

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Richmond, Va., physician and officer of the Virginia Historical Society. Dr. Wellford collected autographs and documents of prominent Virginia historical figures, with a special interest in the periods of the American Revolution and Civil War. From the description of Papers : collected by Beverley Randolph Wellford, 1773- 1907 (bulk 1852-1866). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30372622 ...