Jane Wade Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Jane Wade Letter, Ms1987-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Wade, Jane Harriet (Edie), 1826-1912 and Wade, John C. (John Crow), 1829-1889
Abstract:
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Jane Wade Letter, Ms1987-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a photocopy of a homefront letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. She writes about the Yanks advancing on Dublin, Virginia, and burning town buildings, the wounded, and looting by the Yankee soldiers. Transcript is available.

Biographical / historical:

John C. Wade (1829-1889) and Jane (Edie) Wade (1826-1912) had at least 7 children: Emily Elizabeth (1852-1876), Joseph Edie (1854-1920), William Hamilton (1857-1937), Mary Louise (1859-1938), Virginia Shields (1863-?), Edward Barnett (1867-1892) and Kate Taylor (1869-?). Both John and Jane are buried in Christiansburg, Virginia.

During the American Civil War, Wade was a captain in Company G., 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Stonewall Brigade). Throughout his non-military career, he was a railroad clerk, merchant, accountant, and acounty clerk for Montgomery County (1881-1887).

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 1987.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jane Wade Letter was completed in October 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard