Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Edmunds, Henry E.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letter written by Henry E. Edmunds to Claiborne G. Barksdale, a member of the 14th Virginia Regiment, about the patriotic fervor of the early days of the American Civil War, shortly after Virginia ceded from the Union the month before. In the letter, Edmunds wrote of Barksdale joining the Virginia troops, how Edmunds would make a great soldier if he was younger, a local man named Townes gathering up troops to join the fight, and the great condition of the wheat crop.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2014.013 was recieved by Special Collections in January 2014.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2014.

Physical description:
24.5 cm x 18.5 cm