Bankhead family collection [manuscript], 1862-1877.

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Bankhead family collection [manuscript], 1862-1877.

The collection contains a letter, 1877 November 20, D. S. Wade Hampton, Gov. of S.C., proclaiming Thanksgiving Day in South Carolina. A letter, 1875 August 13, Fitzhugh W. Lee, Richland, Va., to [Miss Ada Bankhead?] discusses family and church matters. A letter, 1862 October 30, John Bankhead Magruder, Mjr. Gen., Mobile, Ala. to Major Smith Bankhead with Gen. Polk advises on Smith Bankhead's desire for a promotion.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7924296

University of Virginia. Library

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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

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Wade Hampton (1818-1902) was a planter, Confederate officer, governor of South Carolina, and United States senator. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1813-1891, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) South Carolina governor. From the description of Letter : Columbia, S.C., to Gen. Conner, 1880 October 31. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140158 Confederate Army off...

Bankhead, Ada Pyne

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Resident of Albemarle County, Va. From the description of Papers of Ada P. Bankhead, 1805-1865. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135420 ...

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Fitzhugh Lee, grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" and nephew of Robert E. Lee was Major General of the Confederate Army. After the war, he wrote about and taught the history of the South during the Civil War and wrote a biography of Robert E. Lee. In 1885-1889, he served as governor of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Fitzhugh Lee, 1863-1889 (bulk 1885-1889). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446276 Fitzhugh Le...

Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871

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James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armistead (Barron) Hope (1791-1862). James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was the commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Annie Beverley Whiting (1825-1920) in 1857. The couple had two daughters, Jane ("Janey" or "Jennie") Barron Hope (b. 1859?) and Ann ("Nanny") Hope. James Barron Hope i...