The collection consists of two slave lists. The first, undated list, contains the names of 99 slave owners whose slaves were impressed for thirty days by the Confederate Army. Among the owners named are University of Virginia law professor James P. Holcombe and Confederate Colonel Thomas T. Munford. The second concerns slaves who fled to the Union army and contains the names of the slave holders; whether the slaves were owned or hired; the number who escaped, and in some instances their ages, date of escape, and names. Professor Holcombe is listed as having lost 10, none named. Almost all listed fled on the 17th of June 1864, when Union General David Hunter's troops skirmished with Jubal Early at Lynchburg.
