Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Derastus E. W. Myers letter
Item
Identifier: MS-0379
Scope and Contents
Letter, dated 11 May 1863, from Confederate soldier D.E.W. Myers to his brother and sister. The letter was written from "Camp Near Hamilton's Crossing" after the Battle of Chancellorsville; topics include death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Myers served as a Sergeant with the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment.
George Koontz Civil War Letter.
Item
Identifier: MS-0102-Item 185
Scope and Contents
Letter written by George Koontz of the Danville Artillery (Rice's Artillery Battery) at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Includes information about the wounding and death of Stonewall Jackson.
George W. Koontz Civil War letter [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2027
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
John Garibaldi Civil War papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0284
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of 38 letters,
1862-1864, written by Garibaldi to his wife Sarah during his
service in the Confederate Army (27th Virginia Infantry
Regiment). Primary topics include camp life, the hardships of
war for both soldiers and civilians, battles and skirmishes
(including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg), other members of
the 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment, and family news. The letter of May 11, 1863...
John P. Welsh letter
Item
Identifier: MS-0344
Scope and Contents
Letter, May 12, 1863, written by Confederate soldier John P. Welsh to his wife and mother. Welsh, a staff officer, was in camp near Hamilton's Crossing after the Battle of Chancellorsville and the letter mentions the death of Stonewall Jackson. Welsh was killed later that year.
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."
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
Letter, 1863 May 11
Item
Scope and Contents
Battle of Chancellorsville; death of General Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville [engraving], 1884
Item
Scope and Contents
Depicts General Robert E. Lee on the battlefield at Chancellorsville, astride his horse Traveller.
Stonewall Jackson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0102
Overview
The Stonewall Jackson Papers
consist primarily of Jackson's outgoing personal
correspondence for the years 1844-1860. The collection also
contains a relatively small number of Civil War era papers, as
well as the papers of Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, his second
wife, and papers of the Arnold family.