Papers, 1858-1959 (bulk 1861-1865).

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Papers, 1858-1959 (bulk 1861-1865).

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Includes: his Civil War journal in six volumes (484 p.), covering his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. The journal entries explore the war experiences of a Confederate foot soldier and include: his insights into motives for war; observations and descriptions of ranking officers, fellow soldiers, friends and family; detailed accounts of battles and campaigns; and experiences in hospitals and camps, including a few pencil-drawn maps of Stonewall Brigade camps (1861-1862). Volume 6 includes a month-long dream journal that Paxton kept in 1864. The collection also includes correspondence between Paxton's second wife, Mary Frances Tapscott Paxton, and her family; ten pre- and post-war photographs of Paxton, his brother, Joseph McClung Paxton and other family members (Tapscott family and Lilley family of Augusta County, Va.); and a ca.1860 fraternity/secret society bylaws document handwritten by Paxton.

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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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Washington College (Lexington, Va.)

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Tapscott family.

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Nall family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers

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Paxton family.

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Paxton, Alexander Sterrett, 1840-1914.

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Paxton was a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia and an 1861 alumnus of Washington College (Lexington, Va.). He was an original member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers, the Washington College Company established for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the war, he served as a professor of rhetoric and oratory and headmaster at a number of schools in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He married twice, first to Mamie Nall of Mobile Alabama, and later to Mary Frances Tapscott of A...

Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade

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Lilly family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 4th

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