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2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Bugler Diary
This collection contains a photocopy of a diary from the American Civil War belonging to an unidentified soldier. The contents of the diary were written between 1862 and 1863 and describes what life was like for the author during the war. The author was a bugler in the 2nd Mississippi Calvary Regiment of the Confederate Army based on details from the account and the names of Generals and Officers that he served under.
10th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry/Confederate Soldier Diary
This collection contains a diary used by a Union and Confederate soldier, both unnamed, through 1864. The Union soldier chronicles his combat experiences during Jubal Early's raid on Washington, D.C., and the opening of Philip Sheridan's Valley campaign in August. The Confederate soldier's entries details activity during Early's push to drive the Union army out of the Valley and concludes with the battle of Opequon or Third Winchester.
Richard Henry Adams Diaries
Wartime diaries (photocopies of typed transcripts only) of Richard Henry Adams, who served with Company D, 5th Alabama Infantry and Company H, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers and was a prisoner of war during the American Civil War.
Archibald Atkinson, Jr., Memoir
The collection consists of a partial memoir of Atkinson's American Civil War experiences. Atkinson served as a Confederate surgeon for the 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, followed by appointments with the 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry, and the Second Army Corps, Army of Nothern Virginia.
Willis A. Babcock Diary
The collection consists of a Babcock's diary from 1864. Entries detail camp life throughout parts of Virginia, the siege at Petersburg, and his experiences with guard, orderly, and police duties. Babcock served with the 10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery.
William W. Barnett Diary,
Diary for the year 1862 by William W. Barnett, a private in the 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps.
Bear Family Papers
Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers
This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.
George W. Bonsall Diaries
From Cincinnati, Ohio, George W. Bonsall (1845-1910) was a corporal in the 138th Regiment Ohio National Guard (originally formed as the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Reserve Militia) during the American Civil War. The collection consists of two volumes of a manuscript diary, copied in 1865 of entries Bonsall wrote between May 23, 1861 (his 16th birthday) and 1865. The diaries also contain sporatic entries dating through 1878.
Patrick A. Bowmaster Papers
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- Coghill, Edwin R., 1842-1925 1
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- Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Calvary Regiment, 2nd 1
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- Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 30th 1
- Cottingim, M. M., d.1862 (2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry) 1
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- Dean, Otis, 1821-1907 1
- Dobie, David F., 1840-1900 1
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
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- Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 1
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- Mantor, Alfred L., abt. 1836(?)-1864 1
- Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 1
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- Mason, Ebenezer E., 1829-1910 1
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- Miles, James, d.1865 1
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- Myers, John H. 1
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- Peltz, Philip G., 1832-1868 1
- Pittenger, William, 1838-1896 1
- Poland, Charles O., b.1836 1
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Ryland, John W. (John William), 1837-1905 (34th Infantry, Virginia Regiment) 1
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- Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 1
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- Stephens, Enoch, b. abt. 1835 1
- Stratton, Edward L., Captain 1
- United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865) 1
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 185th (1864-1865) 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 1
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- Waldron, Frederick E. 1
- Warner, Marcus B., b. abt. 1842 1
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- Woods, John Henning, 1834-1901 1
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