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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

John T. Norton Civil War Letter

 Item
Identifier: MS-0401
Scope and Contents One Civil War letter written by Union soldier John T. Norton (Lieut., 97th Regiment New York State Volunteers) to his father, Morgan Norton of Norway, NY. The letter is dated May 23rd, 1863. Norton discusses the Battle of Chancellorsville and mentions the death of Stonewall Jackson, referring to him as"the bravest of the brave."
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / John T. Norton Civil War Letter

John T. Norton Civil War Letter [Digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1750
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives

Jubal A. Early papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0398
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous papers (8 items), primarily post-Civil War, of Confederate General Jubal A. Early. Included is a dispatch to Maj. Hawks dated January 8, 1864, in which Imboden informs him "I shall not move to the lower valley-there is nothing to be gained by it."
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Jubal A. Early papers

Lawson Botts papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0064
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Civil War papers, including letter of commission; promotion order; order to assume duties of Provost Marshall in Winchester, VA; letter to Capt. O'Brien complaining about shortage of rations, etc.; furlough request; receipt.
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Lawson Botts papers

Mahone's Brigade Commissary Documents and Miscellaneous Other Virginia Civil War documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0235
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of documents relating to commissary stores, provisions, and supplies handled by Major P. M. Slaughter, Brigade Commissary, Mahone's Brigade. Miscellaneous other documents include correspondence relating to the enlistment of Shelton Watts of Amherst County, Virginia, in Thomas Kirkpatrick's Battery; and two legal broadsides from District Court of Confederate States concerning sequestration of property of "alien enemies".
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Mahone's Brigade Commissary Documents and Miscellaneous Other Virginia Civil War documents

Michael G. Harman Civil War papers, 1861 [Digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2043
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives

Michael G. Harman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0397
Scope and Contents Scope and Content Information

The papers consist of the Civil War letters (6 items; July-October 1861) of Lt. Col. Michael G. Harman, written from Headquarters, Staunton, Virginia, where Harman was Quartermaster. The letters were written primarily to General Henry R. Jackson, headquartered at Monterey. The correspondence concerns supplies of corn, clothing, horses and other items; transportation problems; and other Quartermaster Department problems.

Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Michael G. Harman Papers

My Service with Stonewall Jackson by Thomas H. Williamson. [Digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/3374
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives

Nalle Family Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0223
Scope and Contents One letter (January 15, 1865) written to Cadet G. B. Wallace Nalle by his father Philip Pendleton Nalle of Culpepper Co., Virginia; Mr. Nalle urges Cadet Nalle to remain at VMI rather than join the Confederate Army. Also one letter fragment from Cadet Nalle's mother, ca. 1865, in which Mrs. Nalle discusses the actions of Union troops in Culpepper Co. and other war news.
Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Nalle Family Civil War letters

Napoleon B. Brisbine Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0391
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two Civil War letters written by Brisbine to his brother and sister. The items are dated September 16 and 24, 1864. In the first letter, Brisbine describes being held prisoner in Winchester, Virginia, where he was captured while caring for Union wounded. In the second, he describes the recapture of Winchester by Union troops and the Confederate retreat.

Found in: Virginia Military Institute Archives / Napoleon B. Brisbine Civil War Letters
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