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Anthony K. Simmons Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-011
Abstract
The collection contains a letter from Anthony K. Simmons describing the health of son Ed, a private in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry recently wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, and relating Americna Civil War news from Manchester, Virginia.
Dates:
1862
Ovid T. Simmons Letter Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-082
Abstract
The Ovid T. Simmons Letter book is a bound book of letters written by Simmons during the American Civil War. Ovid Simmons served as manager of the Ulster Iron Works in Saugerties, New York and there are many letters concerning the business dealings of the Iron Works. The subjects of other letters range from the purchase of a boat to marital problems. There are several letters about or written by Ovid Simmons's father, John Simmons, who also worked as manager at the Ulster Iron Works and...
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Arthur G. Sinclair Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-034
Abstract
Two 1864 letters attributed to Arthur Sinclair (1810-1865), an officer in the Confederate States Navy, focusing largely on the writer's views on marriage and women but also mentioning a recent Union raid on Richmond, Virginia, and the condition of ironclad boats under the writer's command.
Dates:
1864
Sketch History of Captain B. F. Bentons Company (K Co., 1st Texas Infantry)
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Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-021
Abstract
Sketch History of Captain B. F. Bentons Company (K Co., 1st Texas Infantry) is a first hand account of the deeds and actions of the Confederate Army's K Company, 1st Texas Infantry during the Civil War. Written by O. T. Hanks, a member of K Company, the history discusses the formation of the company in July 1861 and gives detailed accounts of several battles the company participated in throughout the war. The document concludes with an account of the K Co.'s final battle...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Sketch Map of the Seven Days Campaign of 1862
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0685
Abstract
Sketch map of the battlefield for the Seven Days Campaign, 1862. Drawn in 1923.
Dates:
1923
Leonard A. Slater Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-052
Abstract
The collection consists of a letter written by Dr. Leonard A. Slater to his father, John Slater, on October 10, 1862. At the time of the letter Leonard A. Slater was serving as a surgeon in the 15th Virginia Calvary at General Hospital No. 23 in Richmond, Virginia.
Dates:
1862
Charles W. Sleeper Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-009
Abstract
The collection includes a letter from Charles W. Sleeper, private and later Quartermaster Sergeant with the 7th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, to his cousin, written from Yorktown, August 24, 1862.
Dates:
1862
Jacob W. Smiley Diary,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-073
Abstract
This collection includes a diary kept by Jacob Wallace Smiley that spans from the time of he was drafted in August 1863, until he was killed in action on May 4, 1864. Smiley chronicled the travels and activities of his unit, the 7th Company, 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters, in the Northern Virginia region. The diary also includes a CDV of Smiley and his wife, Melissa.
Dates:
1863 - 1864
Abel Smith Jr. Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-070
Abstract
Official communication from Abel Smith Jr. (1839-1863), lieutenant colonel commanding the 165th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written on March 20, 1863, to Captain Felix Agnus, demanding an explanation for allowing a first lieutenant to hold a subordinate position to a second lieutenant during the morning battalion drill.
Dates:
1863
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- 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
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- Arbuckle, David 1
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- Armstrong, Edward H. (Edward Hall), 1841-1864 1
- Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
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- Babcock, H. O. 1
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- Badger, Constantine C. 1
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- Barnard, Jehu, 1840-1933 (Patrick County, Va.) 1
- Barnes family 1
- Barnes, James H. 1
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