This collection consists of a typescript roster (entitled "Roll of the Buffalo Guards") of soldiers in the Buffalo Guards, organized as a Virginia state militia company in Putnam County (in present-day West Virginia) in 1859, and mustered into Confederate service as Company A, 36th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. The roster includes a heading that provides a very brief account of the company's early history. Notations for individuals indicate those who died or were wounded during their service, as well as those who had been members of Sweeney's Company and had transferred into the Buffalo Guards.