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Alexander Sterrett Paxton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0372
Scope and Contents This collection consiste of Alexander Sterrett Paxton's journals in six volumes (484 p.)during the American Civil War. They cover his service as a member of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, including his role as a Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. 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...
Dates: Inclusive 1858-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1861-1865

American Civil War Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0074
Scope and Contents

This collection contains approximately 90 miscellaneous items connected with the government and people of the Confederate States of America, including correspondence, official orders, almanacs, bonds, paper money, sheet music, memorabilia, and clippings.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1865

August Forsberg's Civil War Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0109
Scope and Contents

This collection is an American Civil War memoir, c.1870?, of August Forsberg, which includes accounts of Confederate fortifications, marches and battles, and his life in a Union prisoner of war camp in Fort Delaware.

Dates: 1870

Cornelia Peake McDonald Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0264
Scope and Contents

This collection is a handwritten copy by Cornelia Peake McDonald of her 'A diary with reminiscences of the war', from March 1861-1865.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1865

Ellinor Porcher Gadsden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0189
Scope and Contents This collection came from the estate of Ellinor Gadsden in 1985. Highlights of the collection include the letters of Alexander Swift(Sandie) Pendleton, a Washington College graduate who was a top aide to Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson during the American Civil War. These approximately 70 letters were a major source for the book. Sandie was the uncle of the Gadsden sisters. Included in the collection are also a few items of Gen. William Nelson Pendleton who was Robert E. Lee's friend and...
Dates: Inclusive 1839-1975

George Bell Revercomb Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0285
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of typescript letters to Revercomb's friend Sarah Wallace during the American Civil War from the battlefields and camps in Gordonsville, Manassas, Winchester, Harrisonburg, and including the Battle of the Wilderness.

Dates: Inclusive 1862-1864

George Washington Nelson Papers

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-16
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0643
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters primarily between George Washington "Wash" Nelson, Jr., of Hanover County, Virginia and his cousin and future wife Mary “Mollie” Nelson Scollay of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Nelson commanded the Hanover Light Artillery (Va.) and was a staff officer of General William Nelson Pendleton, the Chief of Artillery of the Confederacy’s Army Northern Virginia, during the American Civil War. Nelson was captured in October 1862 and spent the remainder of the war...
Dates: 1863 - 1903; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: Majority of material found within 1863 - 1865

James Anderson Terrell Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0392
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the autobiographical memoirs of James Anderson Terrell, a Confederate soldier, settler, cowboy, and politician. Written when Terrell was in his late seventies, the bulk of the material centers on his experiences during the American Civil War and his later time spent pioneering in Kansas. Additional topics include his beginnings in Georgia, life during Reconstruction, and his return to Georgia at the end of his life.

Dates: Existence: 1837 - 1921

James Huffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0089
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the manuscript of 'Ups and downs of a Confederate soldier' by James Huffman, a member of the Confederate States of America, 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company I, and correspondence concerning its publication; approximately 270 items, including letters to and from his son Oscar C. Huffman, a member of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Class of 1898, as well as genealogical correspondence and charts.

Dates: Inclusive 1935-1941

Jane Isabella Watt White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0265
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, diary, and correspondence of Jane Isabella White, including records of births and deaths, comments about the Civil War, and religious meditations.

Dates: Inclusive 1848-1878; Majority of material found within Bulk 1855-1865

John DeHart Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0120
Scope and Contents This collection contains principally wartime correspondence from John DeHart Ross to his wife, Agnes Reid Ross. The correspondence relates to action at the West Virginia front (Cheat Mt. campaign) in 1861-1862, Jackson's Valley campaign in 1862, Gettysburg in 1863, and the siege of Richmond in 1864-1865. It also includes one letter from Samuel McDowell Reid to Agnes Ross and one letter from Ross to his mother. Additionally there are photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and Ross...
Dates: Inclusive 1856-1912

John Lewis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0196
Scope and Contents This collection includes general tax and purchase receipts, IOU's, and letters. The receipts date from 1860-1879 and the letters from 1861-1863 when Lewis served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Included among the letters are those to and from his father and his wife, Cary Lewis. Written on the back of one of John Lewis' letters is another letter from Eli Lewis to his wife, Elizabeth. Also includes two letters from William Neay (surgeon) to Lewis' wife and mother...
Dates: Inclusive 1847-1879

John Newton Lyle unpublished typescripts

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0077
Scope and Contents

This collection is a narrative written by John Newton Lyle, who was a member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers and Stonewall Jackson Brigade during the American Civil War. Includes 'Sketches found in a Confederate veterans's desk' (1913) and an undated supplement 'Stonewall Jackson's Guard'.

Dates: 1913

Joseph Fauber Shaner Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0201
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of photocopies of American Civil War letters written to and from Joseph Shaner and his family. It also includes a portion of Shaner's 1862 diary, his service records, one photograph, obituaries, history, reminiscences, and genealogies (1754-1978) pertaining to the Shaner family and other Rockbridge County families.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

L. A. and Lizzie Harper correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0087
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the correspondence of L. A. Harper and his wife, Lizzie, while he was stationed at James Island, South Carolina during the siege of Charleston and later during the Virginia campaigns of 1864. Topics include camp life, Harper's court-martial, domestic affairs, sanitary conditions, and supplies. The collection also includes muster rolls, other documents, and typed transcriptss of the correspondence.

Dates: 1862-1864

M. H. Achord American Civil War Reminiscences Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0474
Scope and Contents

Collection contains mainly correspondence about American civil war historical matters as well as a typed copy of a muster roll of the Colyell Guards (Company G., 9th Louisiana Infantry, Livingston Parrish), which were commanded by Captain J.S. Gardner, and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: Inclusive 1926-1927

Michael Reid Hanger Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0173
Scope and Contents This typescript of a diary by Private Michael Reid Hanger of the Rockbridge Rifles, which was part of the 4th, 5th, and 27th Virginia Infantry regiments at different times during the American Civil War, includes descriptions of military action within the Shenandoah Valley and Fairfax County, as well as the First Battle of Bull Run. Stonewall Jackson, Rockbridge County citizen and soldier James K. Edmondson, and several Washington College alumni are mentioned. Text of the diary is...
Dates: Inclusive 1861

Otho Scott Lee Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0040
Scope and Contents

This collection is a photocopy of a memoir by Otho Scott Lee of his first year of service in the American Civil War 1861-1862, with the First Virginia Cavalry, under the command of General J.E.B. Stuart.

Dates: 1861 - 1962

Poague Family Agricultural Account Book and Slave Register

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0476
Scope and Contents This account book documents agricultural operations for a southern Rockbridge County farmer between April 1863 and June 1867. The compiler is possibly Johnathan Poague, whose son, John William Poague, signed the book on the inside front cover. John William Poague attended Washington College in 1868 for one year. Contents include expenditures and receipts for day to day farm operations, crop production numbers, and diary - like entries. Contents of specific note include a registry of names of...
Dates: Inclusive 1861-1867; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1867

Randolph T. Shields Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0243
Scope and Contents

This collection includes American Civil War recollections of Shields' maternal grandfather, Coupland Randolph Page, including his service with the Liberty Hall Volunteers, the Stonewall Brigade, and the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition, papers contain significant documents about members of the Tucker family, including John Randolph Tucker and Judge Henry St. George Tucker.

Dates: Inclusive 1862-1920

Robert Hanson Fleming Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0073
Scope and Contents

His diary describes Fleming's flight to Augusta, Ga. after the fall of Richmond, guarding the specie of the Confederate treasury. There is also a furlough permit, May 2, 1865, signed by Commandant William H. Parker.

Dates: Inclusive Mar. 28-May 16, 1865

Sallie White Bruce Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0426
Scope and Contents

This manuscript is a memoir by Sallie White Bruce about her family's life in the Lexington area during the American Civil War and their involvement with Washington College. It references Hunter's Raid in 1864.

Dates: Inclusive 1940s

Stephen Dill Lee letter

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0444
Scope and Contents

In this letter from Stephen Dill Lee to Mrs. Gray, dated 1904 from Columbus, Missippi, Lee thanks Mrs. Gray for her kind Christmas letter and writes that it caused him to recall events from the American Civil War era, during which he served with her husband.

Dates: Single 1904

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

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Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers 4
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 4
Hunter, David, 1802-1886 2
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 2
Tucker, Henry St. George, I 2
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Achord, M. H. 1
Atkinson, Edward 1
Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900 1
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Brockenbrough, John Bowyer 1
Bruce, Sallie White 1
Bryan Family 1
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount 1
Burks Family 1
Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 1
Carson, William Waller 1
Confederate States of America 1
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 9th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry (Laurel Brigade) 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 12th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 51st 1
Davis, Millie 1
Davis, William H. 1
Edmondson, James K., Colonel 1
Fleming, Robert Hanson 1
Forsberg, August (Lugwig August Forsberg) 1
Gadsden, Ellinor Porcher 1
Hanger, Michael Reid 1
Harper, L. A 1
Harper, Lizzie C. 1
Huffman, James 1
Huffman, Oscar Caperton 1
Johnson, M. H. 1
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 1
Lapham, J. A. 1
Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905 1
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 1
Lee, Otho Scott 1
Lee, Robert B. 1
Lee, Stephen Dill 1
Lee, Susan Pendleton 1
Lewis, Cary 1
Lewis, Eli 1
Lewis, Elizabeth 1
Lewis, John 1
Locher Family 1
Massie, Charlotte Louise Cazenove, 1841-1914 1
McDonald, Cornelia Peake 1
McDowell, William George, 1850-1921 1
McGill, John H. D (Harry Duncan), 1844-1924 1
Merchant, John Holt, Jr. 1
Moore, Andrew, 1752-1821 1
Moore, Samuel McDowell 1
Moore, William Poindexter, Jr. 1
Moran, Louis 1
Mortimer, Viser, Mrs. 1
Napolean I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 1
Neay, William 1
Nelson, George Washington , Jr. (G. Washington "Wash" Nelson), 1840-1903 1
Page, Coupland Randolph 1
Page, Thomas Nelson 1
Parker, William Harwar 1
Parker, William P. 1
Patterson Family 1
Paxton, Alexander Sterrett 1
Peck Family 1
Pendleton family 1
Pendleton, Alexander Swift 1
Pendleton, Lella 1
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 1
Poague, John William 1
Pogue Family 1
Preston, Margaret Junkin 1
Quin, Paul, Mrs. 1
Reid, Andrew, 1751-1837 1
Reid, Samuel McDowell 1
Revercomb, George Bell 1
Ross, Agnes Reid 1
Ross, John DeHart 1
Russell, William E. (William Eustis) 1
Scollay, Mary (Mary "Mollie" Scollay Nelson), 1850-1923 1
Scorah, Amelia H. 1
Shaner family 1
Shaner, Joel C. 1
Shaner, Joseph Fauber 1
Shaw, Ethel 1
Shields, Randolph T. 1
Simpson Family 1
Sterling Family 1
Straus, Isidor 1
Stuart, J.E.B. (James Ewell Brown), 1833-1864 1
Terrell, James Anderson 1
Tolley Family 1
Tucker family 1
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