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Henry Courtenay Selden Letters
The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.
Settlement Map of Pulaski County, Virginia, Showing Names of Settlers and Settlements of Historical Interest From the Mid-Seventeen Hundreds (2 copies)
Historical map shows locations of significant historical events in Pulaski County, Virginia. The map itself is surrounded by historical narrative, and it is bordered by names of significant historical persons. The reverse of the map contains the names of Pulaski County residents who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
John P. Sheffey Papers
This collection includes the letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.
F. I. Shipman Letter
Letter from Union soldier, writing from Petersburg, Virginia, to his father. The letter mentions prospects for peace, the activities of his regiment, and personal news.
Anthony K. Simmons Letter
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.
Augustus Smith Family Collection
The Augustus Smith Family Collection consists of two letters--one (1864) from Smith in Greenville, Tennessee, to his mother, and another (1866) to General Alex E. Smith, his father, in Rural Mount, Virginia, from an unknown person, as well as newspaper clippings and genealogy materials concerning the American Civil War and other topics.
Smith Family Letters
The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William Alexander, and Barton Pierce Smith. All four served in Confederate units from Virginia. The collection also includes a family history and notes by Frederick R. Smith.
Smyth and Wythe Counties, Virginia, Ledger
The ledger contains entries apparently made in Smyth and Wythe counties, Virginia. Includes records of sales of iron, wood, groceries, and tobacco and labor records--including an entry for labor performed by a free Black woman and enslaved men and boys hired out. Also included are estate appraisements for J. J. and Mary Snavely.
Aaron Snavely Poem
The collection contains a poem by Aaron Snavely, titled "Remember Sarah Jane," lamenting the recent death and burial of Snavely's wife.
John N. Snider Letter
Letter from John N. Snider, a soldier in Company H, 14th Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War, written from a camp near Salem, Virginia, to his sister, conveying personal news, describing the weather, and discussing food rations and preaching in camp.
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