Mahone's Brigade Commissary and Civil War documents

Access and use

Location of collection:
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:

Mahone's Brigade Commissary and Civil War documents, 1861-1864. MS 0235. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
25 items 1 folder
Creator:
Slaughter, P. M.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Mahone's Brigade Commissary and Civil War documents, 1861-1864. MS 0235. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of this collection consists of documents relating to commissary stores, provisions, and supplies handled by Major P. M. Slaughter, Brigade Commissary, Mahone's Brigade. Other documents include correspondence that relates to the enlistment of Shelton Watts of Amherst County, Virginia in Thomas Kirkpatrick's Battery, and two legal broadsides from the District Court of Confederate States concerning sequestration of property of "alien enemies."

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks