Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains the papers of Thomas Robinson Sharp, military road superintendent and colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and an official of various railways during the latter half of the nineteenth century. In a journal within the collection, Sharp briefly records his daily activities and whereabouts from 1859 to 1863. He makes some lengthier entries in 1862, mentioning battles and notable individuals, including "Stonewall" Jackson and Turner Ashby. The...