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Washington Hall Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0629

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

Wilfred J. Ritz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0006
Dates: 1953-1985

William George McDowell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0076
Scope and Contents

This collection includes manuscript and typecript sketches of 41 Washington and Lee Alumni who served in the American Civil War. The materials were compiled for a proposed memorial volume which was never completed. Included are letters to McDowell from veterans, descendants of veterans, and associates answering his request for information.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1914

William H. Davis Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0276
Scope and Contents

The collection contains transcripts and copies of William H. Davis's letters home to his wife Millie, from Monterey, Petersburg, and other Confederate army posts in Virginia. The material is a record of a common, unlettered man pouring out his homesickness to his wife.

Dates: 1861

William L. Jackson Special Order

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0439
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of a special order issued by General William L. Jackson on September 14th, 1862. The document gives orders to attack the ground occupied by the enemy.

Dates: 1862-09-14

William Lyne Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0029
Scope and Contents Includes letters from the American Civil War period; correspondence of Wilson while he was Congressman from West Virginia, Postmaster General under Cleveland, and President of Washington and Lee University; 3 bound, indexed volumes (not orginals) of Wilson's official correspondence as Postmaster General; 6 diaries; miscellaneous papers and printed speeches; 38 letters from the University of West Virginia collection (microfilm); photograph; correspondence with Isidor Straus concerning...
Dates: Inclusive 1852-1980

William P. Parker Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0457
Scope and Contents

In this diary Parker writes from Tennessee about his experiences as a soldier during the American Civil War. A list of captains and members of certain companies is recorded in the front of the diary.

Dates: Inclusive 1861-1862

William Poindexter Moore, Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0026
Scope and Contents This collection primarily includes correspondence written between 1791-1913 to different ancestors of William Poindexter Moore. The letters written to Andrew Reid by his son-in-law, Andrew Moore, provide insight into what was happening in the United States during Moore's time in Congress. His November 26, 1791 letter mentions concern for Western troops at the hands of Indigenous populations, some of whom were receiving goods imported by the British West Indies. His letter dated...
Dates: 1779-1913

Wilson, Whitmore, and Firebaugh Letters

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0638
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three letters dating to the American Civil War era. The first two were written by Captain Jacob J. Whitmore to William A. Wilson on matters of business. In them, Whitmore discusses the effect of the war on his ability to conduct business and the movement of his regiment from Alleghany mountain. The third letter is unrelated and written by an unknown author to her friend Lizzie Firebaugh. This letter discusses family matters and the status of several male relatives...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864

Withrow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0164
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogies of Lucy Johnson Withrow; correspondence of Louie Moran to Margaret Withrow, 1919; licences and receipts for John Withrow's general store, 1882-1920; also includes 3 ALS of M. H. Johnson to Fanny Withrow concerning Burnside's bombardment of Fredericksburg and maneuvers in the Valley of Virginia, 1862 November 16-30.

Dates: Inclusive 1852-1932

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Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives 103
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Confederate States of America 8
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 8
Washington and Lee University 8
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 7
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Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
Washington College (Lexington, Va.) 3
Bragg, Braxton 2
Broun, Thomas L. 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 51st 2
Davidson, James D. (James Dorman) 2
Edmondson, James K., Colonel 2
Forsberg, August (Lugwig August Forsberg) 2
France. Armele. Escadrille Lafayette 2
Lee, George Washington Custis 2
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905 2
Letcher, John 2
McFarland, Francis W., Reverend 2
McGill, John H. D (Harry Duncan), 1844-1924 2
Paxton, Elisha Franklin 2
Paxton, James Gardiner 2
Pendleton, Alexander Swift 2
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 2
Princeton Theological Seminary 2
Rockwell family 2
Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, 1892-1916 2
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 2
Tucker, Henry St. George, I 2
Achord, M. H. 1
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915 1
American College of Sofia 1
Anderson, D. H. 1
Anderson, William Alexander 1
Anne Smith Academy 1
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) 1
Association of the Army of Northern Virginia 1
Atkinson, Edward 1
Averell, William Woods 1
Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900 1
Ballenger, Bruce 1
Ballenger, David 1
Bank of Lexington (Lexington, Va.) 1
Bank of Rockbridge (Lexington, Va.) 1
Barclay, Ted, II (Alexander Tedford) 1
Barnwell, Robert Woodward 1
Batista, P. R., Mrs. 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
Bell, Robert J. 1
Bethel Presbyterian Church (Augusta County, Va.) 1
Blain, Daniel, 1838-1906 1
Blain, Mary Randolph, 1840-1939 1
Blain, Randolph H. (Randolph Harrison), 1842-1929 1
Blain, Susan Harrison, 1806-1891 1
Breckinridge, Peachy Gilmer, 1835-1864 1
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston 1
Brockenbrough, John 1
Brockenbrough, John Bowyer 1
Bruce, Sallie White 1
Bryan Family 1
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount 1
Burks Family 1
Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1
Campbell, Duncan Green 1
Campbell, Henry Donald 1
Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle) 1
Campbell, John Archibald 1
Campbell, Martha Miller 1
Carrington, William C. P. (William Campbell Preston), 1835-1863 1
Carson, William Waller 1
Chilton, R. H. (Robert Hall) 1
Clack, Franklin H., Lieutenant Colonel 1
Confederate States of America. Army, Virginia Infantry Units, 27th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 3rd 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 3rd 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 9th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Rockbridge Rifles 1
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Kanawha Artillery. Captain Thomas E. Jackson's Battery 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry (Laurel Brigade) 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 11th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 12th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 14th 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, 22nd 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 4th 1
Confederate States of America. Cavalry 1
Connors, Thomas 1
Cornell University 1
Cornwell, John J. 1
Currie, Albert 1
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 1
Daniels, Jonathan 1
Davidson family 1
Davidson, Charles A. (Charles Andrew) 1
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