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James C. Franklin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-076
Abstract

The colletion contains an American Civil War letter from James C. Franklin, of the 57th Virginia Infantry, to wife Susan in Galveston (Pittsylvania County), Virginia, describing a recent, difficult march through rain and snow near Fredericksburg, recounting a massive snowball fight between Toombs' and Cross' brigades, and advising his brother to bring a surgeon's certificate when he returns to duty.

Dates: 1863

French Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-102
Abstract Seven letters from brothers Elias French, Henry French, and John French, all serving in Company H, 11th New Hampshire Infantry during the American Civil War, written to family members from various camps and hospitals in Maryland, Kentucky, and Virginia. Elias French writes of food and reports seeing two balloons--one bearing the Union Army's chief aeronaut Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, the other Confederate; John French writes from a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital, describing his wounds; Henry French...
Dates: 1862 - 1864

Warren French Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-009
Abstract

The collection contains the Copybook of Captain Warren French of Company A, 42nd Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, containing records of the company and regiment during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Emery Washburn Frost Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-005
Abstract

Three letters from Emery Washburn Frost, a soldier in the 14th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery, describing conditions and activities in Petersburg, City Point, and Alexandria, Virginia, at the end of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Dudley Gale Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-014
Abstract

Two letters from Dudley E. Gale, a soldier in Company L, 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War, written to his mother and focusing on the impending discharge of a close friend and Gale's own upcoming furlough.

Dates: 1862, n.d.

James Gallagher Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-016
Abstract James Gallagher was a soldier for the Union during the American Civil War. This collection contains photocopies of letters written by James Gallagher to his Father, Sister, Mother, and Aunt, primily written from Hilton Head Island and Morris Island in South Carolina. The letters are meant to update his family on his health and what he had been doing for the Union Army. This collection also contains photocopies of several receipts that were made out by two different undertakers for Jane...
Dates: 1861-1863, 1895

William B. Gallaher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-062
Abstract

Two letters written by William B. Gallaher, serving in in Company E, 1st Virginia Cavalry, during the American Civil War (including a letter written on the eve of the First Battle of Bull Run), accompanied by a document certifying Gallaher's promotion from private to first lieutenant.

Dates: 1861

C. B. Gardener Treasury Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-001
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger with accounts kept by "Dr. C. B. Gardner Depository of the Treasury in a/c with the Treasury of the Confederate States" of Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Edwin L. Garrison Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-003
Abstract

The Edwin L. Garrison Letter contains information pertaining to the 1864 Overland Campaign including an attack by Confederate General A. P. Hill. The letter is written to George J. Warner in New York on July 12, 1964.

Dates: 1864

Gay Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-088
Abstract

Five letters written by James P., Calvin S., and T. K. Gay of South Auburn, Pennsylvania, all serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 812
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Correspondence 42
Montgomery County (Va.) 34
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Folk, historical, and patent medicine 22
Confederate States of America 21
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History of Food and Drink 16
Blacksburg (Va.) 14
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University History 10
Wythe County (Va.) 9
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Cloyds Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Cocktail History Collection 2
Confederate States of America -- Social Life and Customs 2
Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865 2
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Giles County (Va.) 2
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Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 2
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Heilig, Vicki 27
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 17
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 16
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 11
Harvey, G 6
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Confederate States of America. War Department 5
Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 5
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 4
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
Troiani, Don 4
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 4
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 4
Baughman, Greer H. (Greer Harry), 1840-1907 3
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 3
Elder, John Adams, 1833-1895 3
Libby Prison 3
Prechtel, Don 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 3
Walter, Adam B., 1820-1875 3
Baughman, Emilius A. (Emilius Allen), 1844-1915 2
Baughman, Mary Amelia (Minnie), 1847-1917 2
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 2
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 2
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 15th 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 21st 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 57th 2
Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury 2
Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898 2
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 2
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 2
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 2
Gnatek, Michael, Jr. 2
Graves, Jeremiah White (Pittsylvania County, Va.) 2
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 2
Hawkins, Charles N., c.1845-? (22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)) 2
Hill, A. P. (A. Powell) 2
Hughes, Alfred, 1824-1880 2
Hughes, Mary, 1832-1909 2
Johnson, Hannibal Augustus, 1841-1913 2
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 2
Lane, James H., 1833-1907 2
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 2
Lucas, Virginia (Virginia Bedinger), 1838-1865 2
Minor, Charles L. C., 1835-1903 2
Richmond (Va.). Department of Public Works 2
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 2
Robertson, James I., Jr. 2
Rocco, Keith 2
Rock, George W. (22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)) 2
Stevens, W. H., Colonel (Chief Engineer, D.N.V.) 2
Stivers, Don 2
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 2
Turner family (Franklin County, Virginia) 2
Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888 2
A. W. Luster 1
Adams, Richard Henry (5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry) 1
Adams, Richard Henry, Jr. 1
Akers, Peter B. 1
Alexander, Henrie H., d.1916 1
Allen, A. M., Major 1
Allen, Frank (Franklin L.), 1843-1938 1
Alley, Anderson 1
Allison, James Polk, b.1843(?)-1863 1
Allison, John P. 1
Allison, William Henry, d.1863 1
Amiss, Edwin 1
Anchy (enslaved person) 1
Anderson, D. H. 1
Anderson, Joseph R. (Joseph Reid), 1813-1892 1
Andrews, N. S. 1
Angle, L. C., Jr. 1
Apperson family 1
Apperson, Alex 1
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 1
Apperson, Mary 1
Arbuckle, David 1
Armistead, Mary Frances 1
Armstrong, Edward H. (Edward Hall), 1841-1864 1
Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
Atkinson, Archibald, Jr., 1832-1903 1
Auner, A. W. (Alfred Witman), 1826-1895 1
Babcock, H. O. 1
Babcock, Willis A., b. abt. 1840-? 1
Badger, Constantine C. 1
Bailey, Pattie Dobson Talley, b.1888 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Joseph J., abt.1841-1931 (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
Baldwin family 1
Baldwin, Asa, 1834-1902 1
Baldwin, R. F. 1
Ballantine, William Duncan 1
Barnard, James W., 1844-1923 (Patrick County, Va.) 1
Barnard, Jehu, 1840-1933 (Patrick County, Va.) 1
Barnes family 1
Barnes, James H. 1
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