Thomas Booth Correspondence

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
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Thomas Booth Correspondence, Ms2010-063, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Booth, Thomas, 1840-1923 (3rd Virginia Cavalry)
Abstract:
The Thomas Booth Correspondence contains one eight page letter datelined Yorktown 9 June 1861. The letter contains brief descriptions of cavalry scouting activites, camp life, and the citizens on the homefront during 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], Thomas Booth Correspondence, Ms2010-063, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Thomas Booth Correspondence contains one eight page letter datelined Yorktown 9 June 1861 and addressed to "My Little Darling." The letter contains brief descriptions of cavalry scouting activites and troop movement, reports from the battlefield, camp life, and the citizens on the homefront during the American Civil War. Booth remarks that the Confederate scouts "laugh and talk about chasing the Yanks as I would about running a fox."

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Boisseau Booth, born 1840 was an 1860 graudate of Virginia Military Institute and enlisted in the 3rd Virginia Calvary of the Confederate Army, in May 1861 during the American Civil War. He died July 29, 1923.

Acquisition information:
The Thomas Booth Correspondence was purchased by Special Collections in 2010.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Thomas Booth Correspondence was completed in September 2010.

Arrangement:

The Thomas Booth Correspondence is arranged in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard