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James W. M. Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-085
Scope and Contents The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1857 - 1900

Joseph T. Harris Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-016
Abstract

This collection includes letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are dated August 6, 1861, September 18, 1861, November 23, 1861, and February 14, 1862. The letters detail the movements of the 12th Ohio Infantry during actions in the Kanawha Valley, Virginia in 1861 as well as camp life.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Letter to Levi Harris

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-004
Abstract

The collection includes a single letter written to Levi Harris from his sister Amanda in Giles County, Virginia. Dated March 14th, 1863, she writes of the price of crops, about the availability of land in the area, why her brother might want to relocate to the area, and news about mutual friends and family.

Dates: 1863

Letters to W. S. Harris,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-065
Abstract

The collection contains three letters to W. S. Harris, two by John Puller (July and August 1863) and one by D. C. Cahill(?) (April 1863).

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Hector Hart Letter,

 File
Identifier: Ms-2012-013
Abstract

Letter written by Hector S. Hart, a private with the 126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry to his mother. Dated April 30th, 1865.

Dates: 1865

Matthias Harter Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-005
Abstract

Three letters from Matthias Harter, a private in Company C, 9th Iowa Infantry, written during the American Civil War to his wife Sallie, and discussing such subjects as the Battle of Altoona Pass, General George McClellan's declining reputation, the price of food for civilians, General William Tecumseh Sherman's farewell speech to Harter's division, and the effects of war on a veteran.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

John Harville Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-053
Abstract The collection contains eight handwritten diaries chronicling John Harville's experiences during the American Civil War. From August of 1861 to January of 1864 Harville served with the 7th Wisconsin Regiment, Company F. He then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps for the remainder of his term, ending in July 1864. His diaries include details and stories from camp life, largely around Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland. Suffering from chronic "congestion of the lungs," Harville...
Dates: 1861-1864, 1913, 2010; Majority of material found within ( dates 1861-1864)

Herman Haupt Manuscript Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-010
Abstract

This collection contains the manuscript draft of the American Civil War reminiscences of Herman Haupt, who served as the chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army. It includes Civil War correspondence, telegraph messages, reports, and general orders (originals and typescript copies). Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln.

Dates: ca. 1889

Jonathan Havens Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-065
Abstract

Letter from Jonathan Havens, a private in Company K, 67th North Carolina State Troops (aka 67th North Carolina Infantry) during the American Civil War, written at Greenville [North Carolina] to Major R. S. Tucker, enlisting Tucker's assistance in getting an appointment as quartermaster at Washington [North Carolina].

Dates: 1864

Joshua Gilman Hawkes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-003
Abstract

This collection contains the letters of Joshua Gilman Hawkes, a sergeant in Company D, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. It also includes letters to Hawkes' family from friends and relatives following Hawkes' death.

Dates: 1852 - 1870

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 825
Civil War 814
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 173
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
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Women -- History 49
Correspondence 43
Montgomery County (Va.) 36
Diaries 26
Confederate States of America 22
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 22
Virginia -- History 19
Medicine 17
History of Food and Drink 16
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 16
Blacksburg (Va.) 14
Medicine, Military -- History 14
African Americans -- History 10
University History 10
Wythe County (Va.) 9
Faculty and staff 8
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865 8
Railroad 8
Virginia -- Maps 8
Maps (documents) 7
Virginia, Southwest 7
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 6
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Homefront 6
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 5
Richmond (Va.) 5
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Botetourt County (Va.) 4
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry 4
Virginia 4
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 3
Augusta County (Va.) 3
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 3
Cocktail History Collection 3
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 3
Photographs 3
Poems 3
Pulaski County (Va.) 3
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Shenandoah County (Va.) 3
Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864 3
Washington County (Va.) 3
West Virginia 3
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864 3
Abingdon (Va.) 2
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 2
Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 2
Christiansburg (Va.) 2
Clarke County (Va.) 2
Cloyds Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Confederate States of America -- Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 2
Confederate States of America -- Social Life and Customs 2
Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865 2
Genealogy 2
Giles County (Va.) 2
Lynchburg (Va.) 2
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 2
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 2
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865 2
Politicians -- United States 2
Radford (Va.) 2
Railroad -- Maps 2
Staunton (Va.) 2
Traditional medicine 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental Histories -- Wisconsin 2
United States -- Maps 2
United States -- Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
University Archives 2
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 2
Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
Account books 1
Agriculture 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Baltimore (Md.) -- 1860-1910 1
Bath County (Va.) 1
Battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, August, 1861 1
Beaufort (S.C.) 1
Buena Vista (Va.) 1
Businesspeople 1
Campbell County (Va.) 1
Campbell County (Va.) -- Maps 1
Carroll County (Va.) 1
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Names
Heilig, Vicki 27
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 19
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 Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 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 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
Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888 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 Cavalry Regiment, 4th 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
Radford, John Taylor, 1838-1864 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
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 101st (1861-1865) 2
Wharton, Gabriel C. (Gabriel Colvin), 1824-1906 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
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