Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection
Content Description
This collection consists of original manuscripts, documents, military orders, illustrations, photographs, and ephemera of the era of the American Civil War collected by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Key themes of the collection are the Paxton family of Lexington and Rockbridge County, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley history, the Army of Northern Virginia and Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate States Army, Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) (VA), and Robert E. Lee. The photographs within this collection consist of seven ambrotype and tintype images of unknown people of the Rockbridge and Augusta County (VA) vicinity.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1852-1887, 1930
Creator
- Carrington, William C. P. (William Campbell Preston), 1835-1863 (Correspondent, Person)
- Depuy, Charles V. (Correspondent, Person)
- Huffman, Phillip Ira (Correspondent, Person)
- Page, Mann (Correspondent, Person)
- Patton, Alexander T. (Correspondent, Person)
- Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 (Correspondent, Person)
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (Correspondent, Person)
- Paxton, Elisha Franklin, 1828-1863 (Correspondent, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Maatman, Gerald L., Jr. (Person)
Subject
- Paxton family (Family)
- Anne Smith Academy (Organization)
- Paxton, Madge, 1848-1899 (Person)
- Paxton, James Gardiner (Person)
- Breckinridge, Peachy Gilmer, 1835-1864 (Person)
- Pendleton, Anzolette Elizabeth Page (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository