Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill, (West) Virginia

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Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill, (West) Virginia, 1861, Ms2022-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Abstract:
This collection contains the memorandum of an agreement between General John B. Floyd and Thomas J. Leaford of Fayette County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), for $598.03 for damages to Alfred Beckley's mill. Leaford is also instructed to obtain a deed of trust from Beckley to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill, (West) Virginia, 1861, Ms2022-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the memorandum of an agreement between General John B. Floyd and Thomas J. Leaford of Fayette County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), for $598.03 for damages to Alfred Beckley's mill. Leaford is also instructed to obtain a deed of trust from Beckley to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Biographical / historical:

Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) was the founder of Beckley, West Virginia, in 1838. He served the Virginia Militia from 1849-1861. During the American Civil War, in 1861, he served in the Confederate Army under General Henry A. Wise, and was in charge of the 12th Brigade of the Virginia Militia in the Kanawha Valley. He resigned on February 28, 1862, and surrendered himself to Rutherford B. Hayes in Union-occupied Beckley in March 1862. He was taken as a prisoner of war to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and released in June 1862, after which he had no involvement in the war. He died on May 26, 1888.

John Buchanan Floyd was born in 1806 near Blacksburg, Virginia. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847 and served as Governor of Virginia from 1848-1852. In 1857, he was appointed Secretary of War by United States President James Buchanan. Floyd resigned as Secretary of War in December 1860 following the secession crisis. In 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, where he served beside Robert E. Lee in the western Virginia campaign during the American Civil War. He died of illness on August 26, 1863, and is buried in Abingdon, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2014.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Confederate Repair Agreement For Beckley Mill, (West) Virginia was completed in August 2022.