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Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-007
Abstract

This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1931, n.d.

Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-001
Abstract

This folder contains eighteen letters and one envelope to and from Sephus (Cephas) L. Walton. These letters are to and from his Mother, Father, Brother, Wife and other relations while he was in the 1st Virginia Battalion, Company A and 42nd Infantry Virginia Regiment, Company B.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1884

Isaac White Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-013
Abstract

The collection consists of letters written mostly by Isaac White (1837-1889) to his wife, Mary Virginia "Jinnie" Day White, while he served with the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon during the American Civil War. Many of the letters are written while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley. Other papers include literature gathered by Bess Duvall White Snead, White's grand-daughter, in her search for military information about Isaac White.

Dates: 1861 - 1938

Wills Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-008
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of American Civil War correspondence to and from members of the Wills family.

Dates: 1860 - 1865

Fenner Wilson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-082
Abstract

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other camp matters.

Dates: 1863

Winston Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Abstract

Letters (photocopies of transcripts) of brothers Ambrose Whitlock Winston (Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry), Charles Jones Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry), and William Henry Harrison Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry) written during the American Civil War to Clark family relatives in Campbell County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

A. E. Wood Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-006
Abstract

Letter from two young women, A. E. Wood and M. [Jones?], living in Virginia during the American Civil War, written to "Aunt Ann" and relating to local depredations of Union soldiers and news of family and neighbors.

Dates: 1861

James E. Wray Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-027
Abstract

The James E. Wray Civil War Letter comprises a letter written by Wray in Winchester, Virginia, to his sister on July 11, 1861. Wray discusses his health and the question of where his Confederate regiment will go next with Union troops approaching Winchester.

Dates: July 11, 1861

Wythe County, Office of Subsistence Order,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-107
Abstract

The collection contains one Confederate subsistence order for Joseph Ferdinand Kent, Commander of the Wythe County Home Guards.

Dates: 1864

Yancey Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-059
Abstract

The Yancey Family Papers contains correspondence between members of the Yancey and Everett families, accounts, receipts, the will of Christopher Taliaferro, and a facsimile Confederate Ten Dollar note. The material dates from 1808 to 1912.

Dates: 1808-1912, n.d.

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Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
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Armistead, Mary Frances 1
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Bailey, Pattie Dobson Talley, b.1888 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Joseph J., abt.1841-1931 (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
Baldwin family 1
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Barnes, James H. 1
Barnes, Thomas Rufus, b. abt. 1842-1864 1
Barnes, Uz, abt. 1807-1879 1
Barnett, Joseph Hampton 1
Basham family (Franklin County, Va.) 1
Baylor, William Smith Hanger, 1831-1862 1
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Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888 1
Beckwith, John B., 1800-1891 1
Bernard, Thomas Hill, 1824-1905 1
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Beves family 1
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Black, John H. 1
Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 1
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Blain, Daniel 1
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Bobbitt, Greenberry George McKenzie, 1798-1866 1
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931-2008 1
Bradley, Herman J. 1
Brady, Daniel C. E. (Daniel Charles Elliott), 1821-1878 1
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 1
Briggs, Marian 1
Brough, John, 1811-1856 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Alice 1
Cameron, Lousia Clarinda Egerton, 1846-1908 1
Campbell, Donald (Co. K, 12th Regiment [New York State Militia?]) 1
Campbell, John P. E. (John Place Evans), 1835-1909 (50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
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Caperton, Mary Elizabeth Henderson (Nelson County, Va.) 1
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Carpenter, Henry C., d.1864 1
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Cassel, Jacob 1
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Chacky, A. M. 1
Charles Scott and Company 1
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