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Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-029
Abstract

The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence consists of 40 letters by 31 soldiers, dated between 1861 and 1862. Letters were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, D.C., in the first 12-16 months of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Greer and Emilius Baughman Civil War Letters to Mary Jane Baughman

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-037
Abstract

The collection contains two letters written by brothers and Confederate soldiers Greer and Emilius Baughman. The letters were written April 5, 1862, by Greer and July 26, 1863, by Emilius. Both letters were written to their mother, Mary Jane Greer Baughman, at home in Richmond.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Asa P. Blunt Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-010
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Union soldier Brigadier General Asa P. Blunt (1826-1889), written to an unidentified cousin, from Fort Monroe, Va., on June 10, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Mima Brown Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-025
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by "Mima Brown" from Pulaski, Virginia to her brother Pvt. James H. Farmer on November 8, 1863.

Dates: 1863

Lilburn O. Byers Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-114
Abstract This collection contains the 1864 diary kept by Confederate soldier Lilburn O. Byers (1825-1889) during the American Civil War. Byers writes about battles, troop movements, and events happening in camp. Byers' diary also covers the death of Confederate General William E. Jones. A page at the end contains a letter from Byers to his wife in February 1865 to give the diary to her. The front of the diary contains an almanac for 1864, and there are lists of names and money from people at the...
Dates: 1864 - 1865

Cavalryman's Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-020
Abstract

The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.

Dates: 1861

Chesapeake Bay

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0681
Abstract

"Coast Chart No. 31: Chesapeake Bay, Sheet No. 1, York River Hampton Roads Chesapeake Entrance. From a Trigonometrical Survey Under the Direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States." Coastal Survey map of portions of Chesapeake Bay, including York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake entrance. Dated 1863.

Dates: 1863

Civil War Union Soldier's Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-081
Abstract

Four letters from a Union soldier identified only as "Isaac," written to his parents from various points in Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Cold Harbor (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0682

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Names
Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
Baskin, J. T. 1
Baughman, Emilius A. (Emilius Allen), 1844-1915 1
Baughman, Greer H. (Greer Harry), 1840-1907 1
Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888 1
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Blunt, Asa Peabody, 1826-1889 1
Brown, Mima (Pulaski County, Virginia) 1
Byers, Lilburn Owen, 1825-1889 1
Charley (Union soldier during the American Civil War) 1
Cole, Henry 1
Cole, Luther 1
Confederate States of America. Army 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 21st 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 29th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Light Artillery Battalion, 38th (Company C) 1
Conway, Battaile Fitzhugh Taliaferro 1
Conway, Catlett, 1840-1920 1
Conway, Henry 1
Conway, John C. 1
Conway, Mary Wallace 1
Conway, William Buchanan, 1845-1920 1
Davis, George E. , d.1863 (Company F, Harris Light Cavalry) 1
Dickenson, Richard B., 1930-2006 1
Dixon, William D. 1
Edwards, Clarke S. (Clarke Swett), 1824-1903 1
Elliott, Andrew D., 1832-c. 1870 1
Farmer, James H. (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Foster, Lewis M., b. abt. 1844 1
Franklin, Esaw W. (Esaw Worrell), 1841-1922 1
Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
Gerry, C. E. 1
Green, Josiah M. 1
Gregory, W. B. (William Bartleman), 1829-1887 1
Guion, J. Marshall, 1822-1891 1
Hanna, James W. 1
Harris, Joseph T. 1
Hart, Hector (126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry) 1
Heck, Tilford Barclay, 1823-1890 1
Hersum, George L. (5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry) 1
Horne, Isaac James, 1801-1878 1
Hunt, Melvin (72nd Regiment, New York Infantry) 1
Keyces (Keycas), Patrick 1
Kyger, Henry C. (5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry) 1
Lacaster, G. W. 1
Lewis, George (4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry) 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lukens, Franklin B. (Company E, 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Infantry) 1
Martin, Thomas R., b. abt. 1848? 1
McGill, William M. 1
Miller, Henry 1
Museum of the Confederacy (Richmond, Va.) 1
New River Historical Society 1
Nickerson, Melville P. (2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry) 1
Penman, Abraham (12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (41st Volunteers)) 1
Perdue, James Robert, 1837-1915 1
Pulaski County Bicentennial Commission 1
Rappleyea, Jeremiah C. (1st Regiment, New Jersey Infantry) 1
Reynolds, Cathleen Carlson 1
Richmond (Va.). Department of Public Works 1
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 1
Robertson, James I., Jr. 1
Sleeper, Charles W., abt. 1841-1893 1
Stewart, Peter (79th NY Highland Guard) 1
Stickley, Peter B., 1825-1861 1
Turrill, Reuben 1
Tyler, Cyril H. 1
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864) 1
Valentine Museum Richmond History Center 1
Van Fleet, Abraham 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 1
Virginia. General Assembly 1
Warren, Henry M., 1837-1862 1
Way, Alexander M. (Alexander Moore), 1826-1890 1
Williams, R. A., Captain 1
Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929 1
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