Mss12:1862 April 30:1 oversize.A muster roll, 30 April1 July 1862, of Company C of the 3d Virginia Infantry Regiment. The regiment moved by train to Manassas but was stationed on the unengaged right flank during the battle. The cover of this item bears the designation "Home Guard.". Confederate Historical Association, Memphis, Tenn., Memorial. with seven of the companies becoming the nucleus of the new 13th Virginia Cavalry. 1 item. Coleman, Ethelbert Algernon, Papers, 18641865. Amentum. 1 item. 1 item. 1, 2 Muster Out: Disbanded on April 12, 1865. 1 item. Emil Sturmfels received authority from the War Department, August 2, 1861, to recruit this battalion. Confederate States Navy, Bureau of Orders and Detail, Order, 1863. Muster Out: Disbanded on April 12, 1865.3, Commander(s): Muster In: Organized August 13, 1864 with six companies. W. F. Baxter of Company A of the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry for temporary duty with the War Department. Mss1C2597b.Papers of John Baytop Cary (of Hampton and Richmond) concern his Civil War service on the staff of Confederate general John B. Magruder, as colonel of the 32d Virginia Infantry Regiment, and his activities with Confederate veterans groups. The recollections describe, in great detail, Cochran's life in Loudoun County during the war. The collection includes a bound volume of typed transcripts of Casey's letters. Colonel Hill was promoted to brigadier general. Written by William Price Palmer (18211896), the 1st Company's second commander, the summary includes descriptions of an action at Fairfax Court House and the battles of First Bull Run and Ball's Bluff. Confederate States War Department, Bureau of Conscription, Enrolling Book, 18631864. Mss12:1861 June 30:18 oversize.The muster rolls, 30 June31 August 1861, of Companies A, B, C, D, E, H, I, and K of the 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Muster Out: Disbanded April 12, 1865.3, Commander(s): Also of note are letters, 1864, to Collins's wife from Confederate officials concerning her efforts to obtain a prisoner of war exchange for him, and her attempt to draw his pay while he remained a prisoner. Mss12:1864 December 24:1.A copy of special order no. 1804), discuss camp life in northern Virginia in the fall and winter of 1861 and the battle of Ball's Bluff. 167 items. Carrington Family Papers, 17611954. Company A - Captain Robert Brown - many men from Smyth County, Company B - Captain Samuel L. Graham - many men from Tazewell County, Company C - Lieutenant J. S. Booher - many men from Washington County, Company D - Captain Evan D. Richardson - many men from Smyth County, Compnany F - Captain William Barrow - many men from Washington County, Company G - Captain A. P. Gilmer - many men from Russell County, Company I - Captain Thomas E. Patterson - many men from Washington County, The above information about the companies and counties is from History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia, 1748-1920, pages 629 and 630. Also included is a detailed physical description of Crawford and the amount of money owed him by the Confederate government for his clothing expenses. Mss12:1863 December 31:1 oversize.A muster roll, 31 December 1863, of Company C of the 21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Casey, William Thomas, Papers, 18611864. 344 items. 1 volume. Jan 2013 - Mar 20133 months. Chappelear, Amanda Virginia (Edmonds), Papers, 18571960. Mss3C7604a. ), Commander:None listed. Section 2 contains memoirs, ca. 181 items. Civil War materials consist primarily of letters from John Hampden Chamberlayne (18381882) of the Purcell, Crenshaw, and Davidson Artillery batteries to his mother, Martha Burwell (Dabney) Chamberlayne (18021883), concerning Joseph E. Johnston's recuperation in Richmond following his wounding at the battle of Seven Pines, Martha Chamberlayne's experiences in the city in 1862, Ham Chamberlayne's life while a prisoner at Johnson's Island, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md., following his capture at the battle of Gettysburg, the battle of the Wilderness, skirmishes near Hanover Junction, Meadow Bridge, and Gaines' Mill in May-June 1864, and Chamberlayne's experiences around Petersburg in the fall of 1864 (section 4). Confederate States War Department, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Special Orders, 1863. in 19201921 by the R. E. Lee Camp No. Photocopies. In letters to Jennie Hill (Caldwell) Corson (18441899), William Corson describes, in detail, incidents of camp life (including daily duties, entertainments, and drill) and his participation in the October 1862 cavalry raid into Pennsylvania and the Peninsula, Bristoe, Petersburg, and 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaigns. Microfilm reel C297.Contains the papers of the Claiborne and related families of Richmond. 2 items. In nineteen volumes, Cooke describes daily duties and events throughout the war as an officer on the staffs of Philip St. George Cocke, Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Samuel Jones, William Montgomery Gardner, Thomas Jordan (18191895), and Robert E. Lee. Vidar Hole's Post Vidar Hole CEO at WilNor Governmental Services AS 1w Edited 1 item. Mss1C1158a.Primarily consist of letters, 18611864, written by Anna Bell Cadwallader (later Gregory) of Newtown (later Stephens City), Frederick County, to her brother John N. Cadwallader while he served in the Confederate States Army (Wilfred E. Cutshaw's Winchester Artillery and later John C. Carpenter's Alleghany Artillery), primarily stationed in Fairfax County. Mss4C7604a1.Papers, 2 January 1862, issued by the Confederate customs collector in New Orleans, La., to the SS Cuba clearing it for a voyage to Havana, Cuba. Mss5:1C6433:12. Contract: Amentum: February 2020 - July 2021. 1862. 15 items. In his diary, 1 July 186422 June 1865, Cox describes his capture by members of the 20th New York Cavalry Regiment and his subsequent imprisonment at Camp Hamilton, Va., Point Lookout, Md., Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., and Fort Delaware, Del. Chappell, John Taylor, Recollections, ca. The unit was transferred to the infantry and merged into the 61st Regiment in October, 1862. Mss5:1C7695:1.Contains a photocopy of a typescript of a memoir, entitled the "Autobiography of Catlett Fitzhugh Conway," written ca. 28 items. 1,208 items. Civil War materials include receipts, 1864, for slaves of Odin Green Clay (1795?1882) impressed by Confederate authorities to build fortifications around Lynchburg (section 3), and a letter, 11 December 1862, from Calhoun Green Clay of the 2d Virginia Cavalry Regiment to his brother concerning life in camp near Fredericksburg (section 5). Confederate States Army, Walker's Brigade, Special Order, 1864. #48, A&IGO, Feb 27, 1865. Mss12:1861:10.This roster, covering 18611865, includes the name and rank of each member of Company C of the 53d Virginia Infantry Regiment. Completed the Joint & Combined Warfighting School. A few more units USMCR circa 1951-66 25th Special Infantry Company, Huntington, West Virginia C Battery 2nd 155mm Gun Battalion, Texarkana, Texas (it would see that some units were spread out all over the place, as seen in the earlier post, 2nd 155mm Gun Battalion was located in Miami, so these type of Reserve Battalions may have had elements far apart) The correspondence of Henry Wilkins Coons (18411862) of the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment includes a letter, 22 November 1861, to Winfield Scott Coons (18151889) describing camp life, and letters, 1862, to Mary Corbin regarding cavalry operations during the Peninsula campaign, the Seven Days' battles, and the first battle of Bull Run (section 19). Microfilm reels C238240.This collection contains the multi-volume diary of a Southampton County planter, Daniel William Cobb (18111872). Mss12:1862 August 31:4 oversize.A muster roll, 31 August31 October 1862, of Company B of the 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. The 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Mss2M3177a2.A letter, 24 December 1861, to John William Mansfield (18351862) from Judah Philip Benjamin (18111884) concerning a request for a copy of the regulations of the War Department in regard to reenlistment and organization for the war. Claiborne's papers include correspondence, 18611862, concerning requests for medical supplies and personnel (section 1); orders, 18611863, regarding Claiborne's appointment as surgeon in the Confederate army (section 2); and requisitions, 18611862, for medical and food supplies (section 3). Mss1C8884a.Contains the papers of the Crump family of Richmond. Mss12:1861 April:1.This "Roll of the Military organization in Alexandria," n.d., concerns the distribution of arms delivered by William S. Kemper. I shall give no instructions in answer to General Morgan's telegram, but submit his movements to your discretion and control. Confederate States Army, Department of Northern Virginia, 2d Corps, Receipts, 1864. 1 item. Roster dated: Not dated Date of entry or muster into Confederate service: Apr. 1876] concerning Abraham Lincoln), Douglas Southall Freeman ([18861953] concerning Robert E. Lee during the Appomattox campaign, George Taylor Lee ([18481933] regarding Robert E. Lee after the war), Thomas Taylor Munford ([18311919] concerning the battle of the Wilderness), and Braxton Harrison Tabb ([18691933] discussing southern attitudes toward the memory of Abraham Lincoln) (section 1). Confederate States Army, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, Morning Report, 1863. 1916. The largest section within the collection consists of the correspondence of David Comfort III (18371873), a teacher and Presbyterian minister. Microfilm reel C225.This collection contains papers relating to the Falmouth operations of the tobacco merchant William Cuninghame & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland. Photocopy. Mss2C3627b.This collection contains letters, 18621864, from Chester F. Channell (18411864) of Company D of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment of the Union army, Department of the Gulf, to his family concerning camp life in Arkansas and in Iowa. Publius Valerius P. f . The 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, speaks to the audience during the annual Marine Corps Association information awards dinner in Arlington, Virginia, April 20, 2023. Microfilm reel C584.This collection contains materials relating to service of John Herbert Claiborne (18281905) as surgeon in the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Items include a letter, 18 March 1865, from Carter to William Nelson (18081892) concerning the reorganization of the artillery of the 2d Corps; the Appomattox parole, 1865, of Carter and fifty-eight members of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia; and a handwritten copy, 1865, of General Order No. Items include an account, 1865, for the service of George Ainsley Barksdale (18351910) paid by the Quartermaster's Department (a1); an account, 1864, of funds received by Samuel Cooper from George A. Barksdale (a2); a letter, 1863, from John Randolph Chambliss (18091875) to President Jefferson Davis concerning the impressment slaves to work on fortifications (photocopy) (a3); a receipt, 1864, from J. L. Agurs of the 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment for 5,000 lbs. 119 items. Early's Shenandoah Valley campaign, and his hopes regarding his release from Fort McHenry in November 1864; and a letter, 20 March 1862, to Alpheus Starkey Williams concerning the confiscation of two of Conrad's slaves, with notes describing his confrontation with Williams and Nathaniel Prentiss Banks over the matter (section 5). 110 items. Crafts, George J., Papers, 18561866. Confederate States Army, 28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Guard Register, 18611862. 2 volumes. The unit served in western Virginia and, assigned to J.F. Typescript copies of both volumes are available. . During December it contained 3 officers and 87 men. Learn about current events in historical perspective on our Origins site. In volumes kept during the war years (1861, 1863, and 1864), Cobb describes the initial reaction in the county to secession, the enlistment of local men in the Confederate army, his own involvement with the local Home Guard unit, military events (particularly cavalry operations during the Petersburg campaign), food shortages and rising prices, and his changing attitudes toward the Confederate cause (volumes 16, 17, and 18). Other items relating to George H. Caperton's service in the war include a typescript copy of his diary, 25 December 186117 January 1862, kept while a member of Company G of the 2d Virginia Cavalry Regiment containing entries concerning camp life in winter quarters near the Bull Run battlefield and the capture of Confederate diplomats James Murray Mason (17981871) and John Slidell (17931871) by the Union navy (section 7); and photocopies of furloughs and leaves of absence, 18611862, an honorable discharge, 1862, from the 2d Virginia Cavalry, a special order, 1863, assigning Caperton to duty as an assistant surgeon, and a pass, 1865, for a servant to cross Robert E. Lee's lines around Petersburg to join his master, John Caperton (section 10). Cabell Family Papers, 17741941. Also in the collection are letters from various individuals including David Holmes Conrad (concerning the effect of the war on his family and on Winchester in general in the spring of 1861 and the death of two of his sons at the first battle of Bull Run); Powell Conrad (describing the raising of Confederate troops in Winchester in May 1861); and A. W. MacDonald ([b. Coker, Hannah (Lide), Reminiscence, n.d. 1 item. Mss12:1864 November 5:1.A letter, 5 November 1864, concerning charges brought against three members of Company D of the 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment for the loss of ordnance stores in fighting east of Richmond in the fall of 1864. ???? The list contains the location of each division's hospital, the names of United States Christian Commission agents on duty, and the number of patients located at each hospital at that time (section 36). Confederate States Army, 1st Virginia Engineers Regiment, Letterbook, 1864. Included is a letter, 31 May 1861, from Robert R. Bowden of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment to his mother concerning life in camp near Norfolk (section 7). Photocopy. Letters also make frequent reference to religious subjects. Cocke Family Papers, 17421976. Mss12:1865 April 21:1.A handwritten copy of the order, 21 April 1865, issued by John S. Mosby (18331916) disbanding the 43d Virginia Cavalry Battalion. Colonel B.L.Farinholt Virginia Reserves Danville, Virginia: Colonel R.E.Withers Virginia Reserves. Mss4C7e.This collection primarily concerns the 20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion. The correspondence of Mary Dillard (Coons) Corbin (18381910) of North Cliff, Culpeper County, consists primarily of letters to and from friends and family members describing life in the county during the war, Union activities in the region, and news of military events near Richmond in 1862 (section 10). Charlotte County, Board of Exemption, Records, 1862. Microfilm reel C453.This collection contains the papers of members of the Cogbill family of Mecklenburg County. 103, 7 December 1863, issued by Robert E. Lee, announcing the suspension of all duties on 10 December to observe a day of fasting and prayer. 4th Kentucky Cavalry, Captain William D. Ray. 24 items. Kept by Rufus James Woolwine (18401908), the record book also includes casualty lists for the battles of New Market and Third Winchester, and a brief diary of the regiments participation in the battles of New Market, Totopotomoy Creek, Cold Harbor, and Lynchburg. Confederate States War Department, Bureau of Conscription, Letter, 1864. Typescript copy. Photocopies. A list of published U.S. Civil War regimental histories for Confederate forces from Virginia in the Library of Congress online catalog . Mss1C2468b.This collection consists primarily of the papers of two brothers, John William Carter (18371879) and Henry Clay Carter (18411931), of Appomattox County. Clay Family Papers, 17691951. Organized and mustered in for the war with nine companies on June 3, 1864. Mss12:1864 February 28:1 oversize.A muster roll, 28 February30 April 1864, of Company A of the 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment recorded at Adam's Run, S.C. Confederate States Army, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Muster Roll, 1864. 1 item. (November & December 1864), Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith (February 1865), Commander:None listed. Mss13:1862 February 27:1.A handwritten copy of a vote, 27 February 1862, taken by the Confederate House of Representatives on a bill to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. There is a guide to this collection in the Society's library. 1 item. Confederate States War Department, Surgeon General's Department, Letter, 1865. Conway, William Buchanan, Memoir, 1908. Section 3 contains a memoir, ca. Mss4C7608b.Contains receipts, 2830 June 1864, issued to the Citizens Savings Bank, Lynchburg, for the purchase of registered Confederate bonds. . of Blackstone while in Richmond. It included three companies from the 5th Regiment Virginia . Thirty-third Cavalry battalion (transferred to Seventeenth Cavalry): Armesy, Thomas D. , major. Other war related items in the collection include a letter, 5 March 1861, from Virginia Pollard to Sue Etta Bagby discussing, in part, Virginia's reluctance to secede following Abraham Lincoln's inauguration (section 50) and a typed account, ca. 1 volume. Confederate States Army, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, Descriptive Roll, 1861. Organization of troops in the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, Brigadier General John H. Morgan commanding, August 1, 1864. Confederate States Army, Department of Henrico, Papers, 18631865. Mss2C6663b.This collection consists primarily of the wartime letters of two members of the Coiner family of Virginia. Virginia Reserves. Confederate States President, Commission, 1863. Confederate States Army, 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, Muster Roll, 1861. This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub. Confederate States Army, 3d Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Pass, 1865. Mss1C2358d. 1863, of hospitals of the 9th Corps of the Army of the Potomac located in Fredericksburg. Also included are brief entries describing cavalry action east of Richmond in August and September 1864, the chaotic activity in the city on 3 April 1865, and the retreat toward Appomattox Court House. Cooley Family Papers, 18111882. 1 at Danville. Cooke, Giles Buckner, Papers, 18641937. 64 items. 1 item. Mss12:1863 August 11:1.Letterbook, 11 August 186316 February 1865, kept in Dublin, Va., and Lewisburg, W. Va., containing copies of letters written by E. C. Gordon (while serving as ordnance officer of the 1st Brigade of the Confederate Army of Southwestern Virginia) concerning the status of ordnance supplies (i.e., rifles and ammunition) in the brigade. The diary, printed in the 3 April 1935 issue of the Richmond News Leader, offers a detailed account of the evacuation fire and the subsequent occupation of the city by Union troops. We are happy to exchange information with other researchers. 1848] concerning the Confederate defense of Fort Gregg near Petersburg on 2 April 1865), Thomas Charles Cheney ([b. . Chapman, William Henry, Letter, 1887. Most of the general orders report the findings of various courts martial. Mss5:1C3685:1.Recollections, entitled "From Yorktown to Williamsburg," written by John Taylor Chappell (18451915), formerly a member of Company A of the 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, concerning his experiences during the siege of Yorktown and at the battle of Williamsburg. Mss2M3654a1.A letter, 9 November 1861, to A. 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Reserves 5th Penyslviania Infantry 18th Pennsylvania Infantry. The men were from the counties of Cumberland, New Hanover, Beaufort, Orange, Craven, and Wake. 1 item. Confederate States Army, 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Muster Roll, 1862. Serial 078 Page 0740 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. Chapter LI. Mss12:1861 April 19:1 oversize.A muster roll, 19 April30 June 1861, for the Field and Staff of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment. 74.This collection consists of a microfilm copy of a diary, 15 June 186225 April 1864, kept by William Walter Cleary (18311897) while employed as a clerk in the Second Auditor's Office of the Confederate Treasury Department in Richmond. Dodson 3rd Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery (Local Defense) Confederate Virginia Barth Dodson 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry Confederate Virginia Cooke Family Papers, 18231953. Cunningham, Richard Hoope, Letter, 1861. It did not serve as one command. Topics include general and specific military news from Charlotte County, Va., and northern Georgia in 1864, the effect of war on the population in northern Georgia (draft laws and civilian care of Confederate wounded), and comments on the Confederate cause in general (section 4). 1 volume. Also in the collection are two muster rolls covering the following dates: 30 April30 June 1863 and 31 August31 October 1863. Mss12:1863 July 1:1 oversize.A fragment of a muster roll, 1 July1 September 1863, of Company A of the 20th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Confederate States Congress, House of Representatives, Vote, 1862. Mss12:1862:1. Confederate States Army, 3d Virginia Infantry Regiment, Muster Roll, 1862. It was attached to the 13th Battalion Virginia Artillery but for some time operated as an independent command. 1868] concerning the attack on Fort Gregg), Frederick Mason Colston ([1836?1922] regarding the Hampton Roads Peace Conference), Bertram Grey Foster ([b. Mss12:1864 November:1.A roll, November 1864, listing members of the 1st Virginia Reserve Infantry Battalion by company. 1 item. 1,600 items. Cadwallader, John N. (18391876), Papers, 18601892. Microfilm reel C593.This letterbook, 3 May11 October 1861, contains copies of the official correspondence of Harrison Ball Tomlin (18151897) while serving as commander of Confederate forces at West Point. Also includes receipts, 18621864, of Lightfoot & Flanders, East Macon, for cotton. Mss12:1864 November 29:1.Special requisition (no. Civil War-related materials include a letter, 4 May 1875, from Samuel Davis Preston (18341888) to John Hampden Chamberlayne (18381882) describing the position of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment at the battle of the Crater (section 1); letters, 1864, from William Waller (18211870) to his wife, Jane Henry Meredith (Waller) Waller (18291912), concerning his service in the Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Union attacks against Charleston, S.C., and news of the war in Virginia in May 1864 (section 62); a special order, 18 March 1864, extending William Waller's leave of absence twenty days (section 65); and a letter, 15 March 1864, from Benjamin Stoddert Ewell (18101894) to John M. Speed (18151866) of Lynchburg requesting that the bearer of the letter, a slave formerly attached to Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters, be hired in Lynchburg (section 69). ???? 1 item. 1 item. Early (discussing the treatment of Union-sympathizing southerners in Winchester); Mary L. Fendall (concerning Robert Young Conrad's arrest and imprisonment at Fort McHenry, Md., in 1864); John Daniel Imboden (asking Conrad for Winchester civilian aid in arresting rowdy Confederate soldiers); Thomas J. Jackson (complaining about the conduct of Jackson's army while stationed in Winchester); Edwin McMasters Stanton (attesting to the loyalty to the United States of the Winchester Home Manufacturing Company); and Doctor Wynne (regarding Robert Conrad's wife's involvement in manufacturing clothing and bedding for the Winchester hospitals) (section 16). Mss1C6458dFA2. . The correspondence of Martha Elizabeth Coons (18391863) includes letters, 18621863, from Frank Alexander Coons (18461912), Lemuel Corbin, and Mary Ann B. Confederate States Army, 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Muster Roll, 18621865. Note: Known as the 13th Virginia Reserves Battalion until February 27, 1865. "the Mescalero Apaches walked 130 mi to the reservation . Mss2C2468b.This small collection includes a letter, 15 May 1898, from F. A. Dearborn to Thomas Henry Carter (18311908) concerning the strength and composition of Carter's battalion of Confederate artillery at the battle of Cedar Creek. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin [edit | edit source] Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant . Microfilm reels C291293.This collection contains the papers of members of the Chamberlayne family of Virginia. Also in the collection is a letter, 7 May 1864, from Frederick Yeamans Dabney (18421899) while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island to his aunt, Martha Chamberlayne, discussing his hopes for obtaining an exchange and relating news concerning other prisoners (section 3). After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. Civil War-related items consist of notes, 1903, concerning service of Charles Hammet Clarke (18271903) in Company G of the 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment and the battles in which he fought (section 3). 408 items. Civil War items consist of a letter, 21 June 1861, from Robert Selden Garnett to Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (18211864) regarding Muscoe Garnett's request to serve on his staff (folder 18); letters, 1861, to Robert S. Garnett from Michael G. Harman concerning troops, equipment, and food collected by Harman for Garnett, and from Daniel Ruggles reporting on the landing of a large Union force in Stafford County and asking for reinforcements; orders, 1861, signed by Robert S. Garnett, concerning the assignment of Confederate artillery batteries, the spending of public money, and the assignment of an agent at Suffolk to purchase supplies for newly arriving troops (folder 19); a letter, 14 August 1861, to the relatives of Robert S. Garnett from J. W. Gordon of New York describing Garnett's death (folder 20); a typescript copy of Richard Brooke Garnett's official report, 30 March 1862, of the battle of Kernstown (folder 23); letters, 1865, from Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (18091887) to Andrew Johnson and William Henry Seward (18011872) concerning Hunter's request for a pardon (folder 30); and a letter, 18 July 1863, from Elliot Johnston (b. Wartime items consist of a commission, 8 May 1861, signed by John Letcher (18131884), issued to Francis West Chamberlayne (18321904) as a second lieutenant in the 4th Cavalry Regiment of Virginia Militia (b1), and a letter, 26 October 1864, from Daniel Kerr Stewart (18091889) to Francis W. Chamberlayne (while a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio) concerning family news and attempts to send Chamberlayne money (b2). Mss1C2358h.This collection contains the papers of the Carrington family of Charlotte and Prince Edward counties. 11 items. The letters in Section 1 written by Thomas Henry Carter to his wife, Susan Elizabeth (Roy) Carter, have been published in Graham T. Dozier, ed., A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter (2014). Mss12:1862 January 1:1.A copy of a handwritten certificate, 1 January 1862, issued to William S. Noyes of the 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, for his "efficient and faithful" discharge of his duties as hospital steward at prison hospitals in Richmond. Section 2 contains Carter's wartime and postwar correspondence with various individuals. of Company E of the 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion. 13th Battalion Virginia Reserves, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith. 18 items. Companies. Other items include an essay, 1887, by Henry Cabell on 1st Corps artillery at the battle of Gettysburg and an undated postwar speech by Robert Stiles concerning Cabell's character and war service (section 35). Mss7:3E621C6695:1.A typescript copy of an undated reminiscence, entitled "A Story of the Confederate War," by Hannah (Lide) Coker concerning the death of her son, Charles W. Coker of Company M of the 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, at the battle of Malvern Hill, and her experiences while nursing her son James L. Coker of Company E (2nd) of the 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment in Confederate and Union hospitals in Tennessee following his wounding in a fight on Lookout Mountain on 28 October 1863. Mss4C7607a3.A commission, 14 May 1863, appointing George Tarry Sinclair (18161885) a commander in the provisional navy. of the 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment), Churchill Jones (of the 47th Virginia Infantry), and George H. Mothershead (of the 55th Virginia Infantry). Mss5:1C6334:124. Mss12:1862 November 20:1.The discharge, 1862, issued by the General Hospital in Farmville to James Hannock Lee (18441865) of the 22d Virginia Infantry Battalion. His own special command (represented as a small brigade of cavalry) is stated to be in irregular and rather disorderly force, and if he could be permanently detached, sent with it to cut Sherman's communication, and required to report to General Wheeler, so that he and his men could be brought under the discipline and control of a regular army organization, I have no doubt it would be advantageous to the service. Mss2C2467b.This collection contains materials generated and collected by Robert G. Carter concerning the war in Virginia. 1 volume. 9 of the Richmond Defenses; Special Order No. 1 volume. 1 p. Mss12:1863 October 1:1.An extract of Special Order No. Also included is a commission, 21 September 1861, of Chamberlayne as a captain in the 4th Cavalry Regiment of Virginia Militia (section 4); and letters, 1861, written to Garland Hanes by his son Henry C. Hanes ([d. 1861] of the 4th Virginia Cavalry, concerning a cavalry skirmish at Fairfax Court House on 1 June and the death in that skirmish of John Quincy Marr [18251861]) and John Grattan Cabell ([18171896] describing the death of Henry C. Hanes in a cavalry skirmish in late June) (Section 10). 8 items. 2 items. 1890. Mss12:1861:9.This roster, 18611865, contains a list of the members of Companies A, C, and F of the 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Collins describes, in detail, incidents of camp life, small cavalry skirmishes with Union troops in the Shenandoah Valley in 18611862, his constant battle with disease, and his imprisonment at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., and Point Lookout, Md.
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