MSS. Manuscript Collections

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The collection includes photocopies of typed transcripts of American Civil War letters of Private Henry Helms of Company I, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry, mortally wounded at the Battle of Gaines' Mill.

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The collecton conains typed transcript photocopies of the American Civil War letters of Horace B. Hooker, lieutenant serving in the Engineer Regiment of the West. Accompanied by photocopied typescript of "Personal Recollections of the Civil War," written by Hooker's wife Susan in 1907.

Abstract The collection contains correspondence of members of the Stanford family of Putnam County, Georgia. The majority of the collection consists of letter to and from Nehemiah Stanford and his two sons, Lycurgus and Eli. Many of the letters date from Lycurgus and Eli Stanford's time serving in the American Civil War. Eli Stanford served as a member of Company A, 37th Georgia Infantry. Lycurgus Stanford served in Company B, 3rd Georgia Calvary; he was captured in the Battle of Resaca and...

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The collection contains a letter from Anthony K. Simmons describing the health of son Ed, a private in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry recently wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, and relating Americna Civil War news from Manchester, Virginia.

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The collection contains three post-Civil War letters addressed to former Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton: one regarding potential locations for a blast furnace, one relating to fees for the use of two horses, and one about a petitition on some property in Blacksburg.

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The collection contains ephemera relating to Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia, including programs and certificates.

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This collection contains five items relating to Everett and Warren Hutchins, two brothers who served in Massachusetts military units during the American Civil War.

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The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

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The collection contains a broadside announcing the auction of Nelson R. Wilson home and farm in Bedford County, Virginia.

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This collection contains the papers of C. Fichtel, a non-commissioned officer serving in a German field artillery regiment during the late nineteenth century.