N. B. White Letter to Darius White

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:

Permission to publish material from N. B. White Letter to Darius White must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: N. B. White Letter to Darius White, Ms2017-053, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
White, N. B.
Abstract:
The collection consists of a single letter from N. B. White to his cousin, Darius, written from Boliver Heights, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, dated October 19, 1862....
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: N. B. White Letter to Darius White, Ms2017-053, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a single letter from N. B. White to his cousin, Darius, written from Boliver Heights, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, dated October 19, 1862. White talks of taking care of three sick fellow soldiers, camp duties (especially guard and picket), and recent skirmishes of the regiment. He also shares the story of an explosion in camp when several soldiers who built a cooking space on top of a buried shell: "some of the men built an arch to cook on there was fore cooking the other day and they happened to be a shell in the dirt under the arch and when they built a fire the shell bursted and cild fore men." He closes his letter with news of family and a request for more letters from home.

Transcript (received with the letter) available.

Acquisition information:
The N. B. White Letter to Darius White was purchased by Special Collections in March 2016.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the N. B. White Letter to Darius White was completed in October 2017.