His letters, as a private in the Richmond Howitzers and Rockbridge Artillery, addressed to Mrs. Susan V. Boston, at Thompson's Cross Roads, Louisa County, Va. [manuscript] 1847-1863.

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His letters, as a private in the Richmond Howitzers and Rockbridge Artillery, addressed to Mrs. Susan V. Boston, at Thompson's Cross Roads, Louisa County, Va. [manuscript] 1847-1863.

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Discusses camp life, and action Kean participated in at Manassas, Stone Bridge, Kenersville, Winchester, Martinsburg, and around Romney in West Virginia. Letters of, 11 April 1862, has an excellent description of Gen. Turner Ashby, and 23 Aug. 1862, briefly sketches Gen. Philip St. George Cocke. Also discussed are the cotton embargo, enlistment laws, citizen's attitude toward soldiers, the Louisiana Zuaves, and family and personal affairs. Other items include a letter, 14 Jan. 1847, from the Kean family of Buckingham County, Va. to their sister, Patsy Shelton, of Gum Springs, Louisa County, Va., and a letter 1863, R.C. Berkeley to Susan Boston and a bit of doggerel.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Richmond Howitzers

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Berkeley, R. C.,

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Kean, William C.

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Boston, Susan V., Mrs.,

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Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862

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Virginia resident (Arlington County). From the description of Letters, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421763 Ashby was acting Adjutant; also father of Turner Ashby, a military officer in the Confederacy. From the description of Morning report, 1814 August 10, Fredericksburg, Va. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 6134646 ...

Shelton, Patsy,

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