New Market (Va.), Battle of, 1864
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Eliza Clinedinst Crim correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS-0234
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and postcards (12 items) of Eliza Clinedinst Crim, "Mother of the New Market Corps." Crim writes to Charles M. Wesson, James B. Baylor, and others. The letters contain reminiscences about the Battle of New Market and various VMI alumni.
Francis H. Smith Outgoing Correspondence, 1864 May, Selected Letters. Full Text Transcriptions. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll14/id/1013
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
George M. Edgar letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-0094
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters. The first letter (dated May 17, 1864) is to George M. Edgar and commends him for the assistance rendered by his battalion at the Battle of New Market on May 15 of that year. The commendation was written at the direction of General Wharton. The second letter (dated 1885) is from Edgar and was written while he was President of the Arkansas Industrial University. In this letter, Edgar replies to James E. Blankenship's (VMI Class of 1852) application for a...
John L. Tunstall papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0181
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers (five items) of John L. Tunstall, including:
One letter from Tunstall to his mother, in which he describes the cermonies marking the second anniversary of the Battle of New Market (including the reinterment of five of the cadets killed at New Market), recalls the horror of the war, and mentions visit of Robert E. Lee to Stonewall Jackson's gravesite
Two notebooks containing VMI engineering class notes
One photograph...
Letter from Francis H. Smith to Samuel B. Atwill, 1864 July 28-29
Item
Scope and Contents
Written from VMI, Lextingon, Virginia. Superintendent Francis H. Smith wrote this letter to notify the Atwill family of Samuel F. Atwill's death.
Letter from Francis H. Smith to Samuel B. Atwill, 1864 July 28-29
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1073
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Letter from John D. Imboden to Abram Fulkerson, Jr., 1889 June 21
Item
Scope and Contents
Written from Abingdon, Virginia. Letter concerns John D. Imboden's donation to VMI of the field glasses belonging to Union officer W. S. Lincoln of the 34th Massachusetts Infantry. Imboden recounts the events at the Battle of New Market, Virginia that lead to the capture of Lincoln and the acquisition of the field glasses.Page 6 of the letter contains a note by VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith pointing out an inaccuracy. Then note reads "I am much obliged to Gen. Imboden for...
Letter from John D. Imboden to Abram Fulkerson, Jr., 1889 June 21
Digital Image
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2374
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Letter from Peter S. Roller, 1864 May 17
Item
Scope and Contents
Written from Grassy Dale, Virginia. Letter reports news of fighting in the Shenandoah Valley between forces of General Breckinridge and General Sigel. The letter also mentions the Battle of New Market.
Letter to Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., 1904 July 23
Item
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI Cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.
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