Robert A. Boyd notebook and diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

Robert A. Boyd notebook and diary, 1864-1865. MS 0092. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Boyd, Robert A. (Robert Alexander), 1842-1909
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Robert A. Boyd notebook and diary, 1864-1865. MS 0092. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a one volume notebook and diary (approximately 45 pages) written by Robert A. Boyd. It contains personal notes (December 1864 to April 1865) and brief diary entries (January 1; April 3 to 13, 1865). The diary portion covers activities of the 1st Engineers Regiment during the last few days of the Civil War. The diary also mentions the surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, and includes a pencil sketch of surrender site. Notes concern supplies, furloughs, desertions, guard rosters, and maxims and quotations from books.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Alexander Boyd was born in 1842 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1863. He served as a 1st Sergeant, Company D, 1st Regiment, Confederate States Engineers. After the Civil War, he was a farmer. Boyd died in 1909 in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Dimensions:
6 inches x 3.5 inches
Material specific details:
The original notebook is in poor condition and some pages are partially illegible.