Robert Hanson Fleming Diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Robert Hanson Fleming Diary (WLU Coll. 0073), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Fleming, Robert Hanson
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Robert Hanson Fleming Diary (WLU Coll. 0073), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the diary of Robert H. Fleming dated March 28-May 16, 1865. The diary describes Fleming's flight to Augusta, Ga. after the fall of Richmond, guarding the specie of the Confederate treasury. A typed transcription is available. There is also a furlough permit dated May 2, 1865 that is signed by Commandant William H. Parker.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Hanson Fleming was a midshipman in the Confederate States of America, assigned to the steamship Patrick Henry.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard