Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photocopies of four letters, 1862-1865, three of which are from Wall to Waddy Thompson James. Wall's letters describe conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier. Transcripts of the letters are available.
Dates
- 1861-1865, 1931, n.d.
Creator
- Wall, Alexander Floyd, 1826-1899 (Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection open to research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Biographical Note
Alexander Floyd Wall was a farmer in Montgomery County, Virginia. Wall's brother-in-law Waddy Thompson James (1836-1926 or 1931) was a Captain of Company B and then Lieutenant Colonel of the 57th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. He organized Company B, or the "Franklin Sharpshooters," of men from Franklin County, Virginia. James was injured in the Battle of Malvern Hill (July 1862), resigned from service soon thereafter, and returned to his farm in Franklin County. After the war, James served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1864-1878) and the Virginia Senate (1879-1882) as a representative from Franklin County.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Source of Acquisition
The Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in April 1982.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence was completed prior to 2001.
- Title
- Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1931, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Laura Katz Smith, Archivist
- Date
- 2019 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu