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John H. Taylor Correspondence,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2011-050

Abstract

The Taylor correspondences collection includes two types of materials: envelopes from correspondence, mostly to Taylor; and correspondence to and from Taylor, largely dating between 1859 and 1861. Correspondence includes Taylor's daily news, as well as news from family and friends. Several 1860 and 1861 letters mention politics at the start of the Civil War.

Dates: 1859 - 1877; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1861

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Hiram P. Teed Correspondence,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2011-101

Abstract

The Hiram P. Teed Correspondence collection consists of correspondence between Pvt. Hiram P. Teed and his wife, Elizabeth. Altogether, there are seven letters--six from Teed, one from Elizabeth--from 1862-1863.

Dates: 1862-1863, n.d.

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Louise Testerman Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1986-008

Abstract The Louise Testerman Papers contains two photographs collected by Testerman: one of John P. Donaldson and Noyes Rand, 22nd Virginia Regiment Infantry soldiers in the Confederate Army of the American Civil War; and another of John S. M. Parker, also a soldier. The collection also includes a copied postwar description of the encounter between John Donaldson, his brother Francis, and Rand. The description relates the story of the brothers, Francis' capture and parole, and the postwar meeting...

Dates: 1862, 1904

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

William F. Testerman Letters

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1989-099

Abstract

Two letters from William F. Testerman, 1st lieutenant in Company C, 8th Tennessee Cavalry (Union) during the American Civil War, one written July 25, 1864, to Jane Davis regarding his love for her and his hopes for their future; a second, to his family, written February 11, 1865, mentions talk of peace.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

"The 24th Corps" Manuscript

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2023-063

Abstract

This manuscript entitled "The 24th Corps" was likely written by General Edward O. C. Ord and his assistant Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Welles and accounts the troop movements of the 24th Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 24th Corps was formed in 1864 after the Army of the James separated white and Black troops into two units, the 24th and 25th Corps respectively, and the manuscript discusses this.

Dates: c. 1865

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech