Papers, 1847-1879.

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Papers, 1847-1879.

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Includes general tax and purchase receipts, IOU's, and letters. The receipts date from 1860-1879 and the letters date from 1861-1863 when Lewis served in the Confederate Army. Included among the letters are those to and from his father and his wife, Cary Lewis. Written on the back of one of John Lewis' letters is another letter from Eli Lewis to his wife, Elizabeth. Also includes two letters from William Neay (surgeon) to Lewis' wife and mother telling of Lewis' death in 1863 from smallpox.

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Lewis, John, d. 1863.

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John Lewis was a landowner in Pittsylvania County (Va.) and a soldier in the Civil War, 38th Virginia Regiment. From the description of Papers, 1847-1879. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 39055131 ...

Neay, William.

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Lewis, Cary.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 38th

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The 38th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 38th Virginia was organized in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in June 1861. Its members were recruited in Pittsylvania, Halifax, and Mecklenburg counties. It served under the command of Generals Early, Garland, Armistead, Barton, and Stuart. Among the founders of the regiment wa...

Lewis, Elizabeth Nancy

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