Collection: James H. Waddell papers

This collection consists of four items, including:

A letter (1855) from Waddell to his sister, that contains a detailed description and pencil drawing of his room (#14) in barracks and of his roomates (Barksdale, Penn, Magruder, Shepherd, and Wilson)
A second drawing of a barracks room & roommates (similar to a sketch found in the Edward C. Shepherd collection (MS-0019)
Pencil map, 8 inches x 10 inches, labeled "Plan of Battle of Bethel Church, June 10, 1861"
Letter of recommendation, 1879, written by VMI's Superintendent Francis H. Smith and endorsed by Board of Visitors President John Letcher

Dates

1855-1879

Creator

Waddell, James H. (James Henry), 1833-1884 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

4 items

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

James Henry Waddell was born in 1833 in Waynesboro, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1855. During the Civil War he served with the 26th Virginia Infantry.

While on the VMI faculty from 1869 to 1870, he worked as Matthew F. Maury's assistant on the Physical Survey of Virginia project and drew the maps that were published as part of the survey. Waddell died in 1884 in Montgomery, Alabama.