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Henry M. Warren Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-017
Abstract
The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.
Dates:
1861
R. A. Williams Telegraph
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract
This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".
Dates:
1864
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
Woodstock, Virginia, Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-047
Abstract
This collection includes a letter dated May 13, 1864, from a Union soldier named Charley at a camp near Woodstock, Virginia, during the American Civil War. He writes about plans to return to Martinsburg, Virginia, and about General Sigel.
Dates:
1864
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- Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
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- Baughman, Emilius A. (Emilius Allen), 1844-1915 1
- Baughman, Greer H. (Greer Harry), 1840-1907 1
- Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888 1
- Blunt, Asa Peabody, 1826-1889 1
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- Conway, William Buchanan, 1845-1920 1
- Davis, George E. , d.1863 (Company F, Harris Light Cavalry) 1
- Dickenson, Richard B., 1930-2006 1
- Dixon, William D. 1
- Edwards, Clarke S. (Clarke Swett), 1824-1903 1
- Elliott, Andrew D., 1832-c. 1870 1
- Farmer, James H. (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
- Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
- Foster, Lewis M., b. abt. 1844 1
- Franklin, Esaw W. (Esaw Worrell), 1841-1922 1
- Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
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- Gregory, W. B. (William Bartleman), 1829-1887 1
- Guion, J. Marshall, 1822-1891 1
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- Hart, Hector (126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry) 1
- Heck, Tilford Barclay, 1823-1890 1
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- Horne, Isaac James, 1801-1878 1
- Hunt, Melvin (72nd Regiment, New York Infantry) 1
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- Lewis, George (4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry) 1
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- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864) 1
- Valentine Museum Richmond History Center 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 1
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- Virginia. General Assembly 1
- Warren, Henry M., 1837-1862 1
- Way, Alexander M. (Alexander Moore), 1826-1890 1
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