Harry L. Wilson collection

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:

Harry L. Wilson collection, 1794-1906. MS 0351. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
9 items 1 box
Creator:
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863, Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864, Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Longstreet, James, 1821-1904, Wilson, Harry L., Jr., and Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Harry L. Wilson collection, 1794-1906. MS 0351. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of manuscripts (nine items) principally autograph letters of Civil War notables dating from 1858 to 1906, including a dispatch (dated April 28, 1862) from Stonewall Jackson to General Richard S. Ewell, requesting Ewell's presence. Other signed documents are in the hand of:

  • Henry "Light horse Harry" Lee (1794)
  • Robert E. Lee (1858)
  • James Longstreet (1893)
  • Jeb Stuart (1863)
  • Mrs. Jeb Stuart (1886)
  • Wade Hampton (1889)
  • John Mosby (undated)
The collection also includes one photocopied letter from Mosby to James Keith (dated 1906).

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks