Papers, 1832-1962.

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Papers, 1832-1962.

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This collection contains materials chiefly concerning Jeb Stuart's service in the United States and Confederate States army. Stuart items in the collection include diaries, 1856-1857, documenting his service in the U.S. Army; correspondence, 1850-1864, primarily concerning Stuart's cavalry operations during the Civil War; and, an autograph album, 1862- 1863, kept by Stuart, containing signatures of Confederate officers. Also in the collection are the correspondence, 1864-1910, of Stuart's wife, Flora (Cooke) Stuart (1836-1923), largely regarding the character and death of her husband, and genealogical notes concerning the Esten, Randolph, Stuart, Tazewell, and Waller families. Correspondents in the papers include Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865), and John Esten Cooke (1830-1886).

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Esten family.

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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 ...

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...

Stuart family.

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Stuart, Flora Cooke, 1836-1923.

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Hill, A. P. (A. Powell)

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Confederate general. From the description of Civil War letter, 1863 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973315 Confederate army general. From the description of Letter, 1856-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38196552 ...

Tazewell family.

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Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886

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Novelist, historian, lawyer, and Confederate Army Officer, of Millwood (Clarke Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1840-1896. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490602 Virginia novelist and historian. From the description of Letter to William E. Quimby [manuscript], 1883 March 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807855 From the description of Papers of John Esten Cooke, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record i...

Waller family.

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Randolph family.

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