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J. Ambler Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-012
Abstract
The J. Ambler Johnston Papers pertains to his many activities throughout his professional and personal life, especially his involvement with the Civil War Round Table (CWRT) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Materials consist of correspondence, publications and ephemera, organizational and committee reports, and photographs, relating to Johnston's involvement with historical and civic organizations including the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Virginia...
Dates:
1901 - 1974
Charles L. C. Minor Cash Book and Edward P. Harmon Civil War Diary Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-081
Abstract
The collection contains a Civil War-era cash book of Captain Charles L. C. Minor, Confederate Army ordnance officer and first president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1879). Also contains diary entries of Union Army Private Edward P. Harmon, 5th Maine Infantry, for May-June 1864. Accompanied by research materials on the two soldiers (including maps, muster rolls, and pension notes) and a complete photocopy of the cash book/diary.
Dates:
1860 - 1864
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- Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
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- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 1