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Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original letters and typescript copies of letters Ted Barclay sent to his family in Lexington, Virginia during the American Civil War. Subjects include information about the activities of the Liberty Hall Volunteers of the Stonewall Brigade in major battles within Virginia; accounts of life in Confederate camp; information about food, clothing, diseases, religious services, attractive women, and deaths of friends while serving with the Volunteers; and accounts of...
Dates:
1861-1864
Welsh Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0203
Scope and Contents
This collection is primarily general family correspondence including Civil War letters (dated 1862-1864) from John P. Welsh, a Confederate infantry officer, and James L. Welsh. There are also 34 family letters on microfilm, 12 of which were written by John P. Welsh during his confinement in a Federal prison.
Dates:
Inclusive 1817-1886