Folder 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Letter to Jennie (wife) from W.T. James, Camp Belcher, Richmond, Virginia, 1861-10-04
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
Death of two soldiers in his company due to sickness; move to Camp Belcher; unit not completely equipped; urges Jennie to visit him
Dates:
1861-10-04
Letter to "Brother Waddy" from Alexander Floyd Wall, 1862-05-22
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
Purchase of a horse
Dates:
1862-05-22
Letter to "Col" from Alexander Floyd Wall, Matamoras, Montgomery County, 1864-11-15
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
Corn and wheat harvest poor; difficult and expensive to buy corn and wheat; trouble with deserters
Dates:
1864-11-15
Letter to "Col" from Alexander Floyd Wall, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, 1865-03-02
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
Severe winter; difficulty getting supplies; discusses transfer of people who were enslaved
Dates:
1865-03-02
Part of unit roster of 57th Virginia Infantry [from 57th Virginia Infantry by Charles W. Sublett, p. 66]
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1931, n.d.
Confederate service records, including copy of commission as Lt. Colonel [6 pages]
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1931, n.d.
Copy of obituary from unknown newspaper, 1931
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1931
Copy of "Report of Lieut. Col. Waddy T. James. Fifty-seventh Virginia Infantry, of the battle of Malvern Hill"
Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1931, n.d.