Collection: Harry L. Wilson collection

A collection of manuscripts, 9 items, principally autograph letters of Civil War notables dating 1858-1906. The collection was compiled by Harry L. Wilson, Jr. and donated to the Virginia Military Institute Archives. Items include a dispatch, 1862 April 28, from Stonewall Jackson to Gen. Ewell, requesting Ewell's presence. Other signed documents are in the hand of Robert E. Lee (1858), James Longstreet (1893), Jeb Stuart (1863), Mrs. Jeb Stuart (1886), Wade Hampton (1889), and John Mosby (undated), and Henry "Light horse Harry" Lee (1794). Also one photocopied letter from Mosby to James Keith, 1906.

Dates

1794 - 1906

Creator

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (Person)

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