Women -- Confederate States of America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Henkel Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0374
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four Civil War era letters concerning the Henkel and Kagey families of New Market, Virginia. Also included are two letters signed by Solon P. C. Henkel, M.D. for reimbursement for goods taken from his farm by Union soldiers and for medical supplies used while he cared for Union soldiers at the Federal hospital in New Market.
Henry H. Dedrick collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0332
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence of Confederate soldier Henry H. Dedrick, a Private in the 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment. A bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to and from his wife, Mary E. A. Dedrick (Balsley) ("Lissa" or "Lizza"). Subjects include camp life, regimental activities, family and personal news, and hardships endured by civilians. The letter dated May 10-11, 1863 mentions the wounding and death of General Stonewall Jackson.
Julia Pendleton Allen Civil War letter
Item
Identifier: RG-13-Alumni Files-AllenJW/1849
Scope and Contents
Transcription of a letter from Julia Pendleton Allen to her sister-in-law, discussing wartime life in Winchester, Virginia.
Richard H. Adams, Jr. papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-0358
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the Civil War papers (approximately 80 items) of Captain Richard H. Adams, Jr, including:
A manuscript diary kept while serving with the 5th Alabama Regiment in Virginia (April-June 1862), with an accompanying typewritten transcription
Transcriptions of two additional diary volumes (September 1862-March 1863; and prison diary, 1864-1865)
Forty seven letters (November 1863-September 1866) to Lottie Putnam Adams, most written before their...
Stonewall Jackson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0102
Overview
This collection consists primarily of Stonewall Jackson's outgoing personal correspondence for the years 1844 to 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.