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Colley Collection,","abingdon (Va.)","Washington County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Civil War","Collection is open for research.","The collection is arranged into three series:  Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Financial Documents; and Series 3: Subject Files.  The folders within each series are organized in chronological order.","The Companion: A Monthly Magazine for Odd Fellows and Their Families .  Vol. 13, No. 1 (August 1873).","The Companion: A Monthly Magazine for Odd Fellows and Their Families .  Vol. 14, No. 2 (March 1874).  ","Self Culture: A Magazine of Knowledge .  Vol II., No. 5 (February 1896).  ","Virginia Railway and Power Company,  Rules and Regulations for the Government Employes of the Virginia Railway and Power Company .  New York, 1912.  ","Machen, Lewis H.   Legal Handbook for Guidance of Soldiers and Sailors .  Richmond, VA: Appeals Press, 1918.  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Following the war, Colley returned to Abingdon, VA and held the following positions for Washington County, VA:  Deputy Sheriff, Commissioner of Revenue, and Overseer for the Poor. He died in 1919.","Sources Consulted:","Driver, Robert J., Jr.  1st Virginia Cavalry . Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1991.     ","The guide to the Thomas W. Colley Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Thomas W. Colley Collection was completed in October 2013.","Other materials relating to Thomas W. Colley can be found within the L. C. Angle, Jr. Collection, Ms 2001-043.  Finding aid  available online.","The collection contains both material related to Thomas W. Colley's daily life in Abingdon, VA, and to Colley's service as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. 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Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_a5f67bd0f7328856d49f809aec576b28\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Thomas W. Colley Collection contains correspondence, financial documents, such as ledgers, receipts, and deeds, temperance society sermons, electoral cards, a Veteran's Meeting minute book, Civil War reminiscences, and a roll for the First Virginia Company D Volunteer Cavalry's wounded and dead for 1861.  The majority of the collection dates from 1860 to 1920.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Thomas W. 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