Papers of Richard Cave [manuscript], 1810-1864.

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Papers of Richard Cave [manuscript], 1810-1864.

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Includes ledger, 1810-1815, of Richard Cave consisting of accounts pertaining to Montebello, Orange County, Va., birth and death dates of members of the Cave family, and slave birth and death records; and friendship book, 1831-1834, kept by Elizabeth Branch Cave as a guest at Rockbridge Alum Springs. Also includes diary, 1864, kept by John Philip Thompson while a prisoner on Johnson's Island. Topics include his daily activities, escape of prisoners, card and board games, exchange of sick prisoners, jewelry making, having a portrait done by a fellow prisoner, war news, church services, playing baseball, unrest over curtailment of correspondence and rations, and abuse by fellow prisoners of a Confederate prisoner who wanted to plead loyalty to Union. Also includes log book, 1848-1850, for the ship Tarolinta, kept by William Porter Cave for voyages to and from Valparaiso, Chile, New York, San Francisco, and Shanghai, carrying cargoes of copper, hides, wood, and flour.

1 reel : positive microfilm ; 35 mm.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922964

University of Virginia. Library

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Rockbridge Alum Springs (Rockbridge County, Va.)

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Thompson, John Philip, 1956-

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Cave, William Porter.

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Thompson, John Philip 1832-187?

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Cave family

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Tarolinta (Ship)

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Cave, Richard, active 1800

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Represented are: Richard Cave, plantation owner, Orange County, Va.; John Philip Thompson (1832-187?), Major, Confederate States of America, Cavalry. From the description of Papers of Richard Cave [manuscript], 1810-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647849328 From the description of Papers of Richard Cave [microform], 1810-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671925 ...

Cave, Elizabeth Branch.

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