Civil War Correspondence
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Restrictions:
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No special access restriction applies.
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
- Preferred citation:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Civil War Correspondence, A&M 1508, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (81 items), 1.75 in.)
- Creator:
- Boyd, Frances Laird, Collector
- Abstract:
- Correspondence of Miss Hattie A. Fudge, Tazewell, Virginia. A majority of the letters are written by soldiers of the Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment (Confederate) commanded by Generals John B. Floyd, W.W. Loring, and John Echols. Subjects include Floyd's military engagements, 1861; Battle of Lewisburg, 1862; skirmishes along the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; and Jubal Early's January, 1864, raid into the South Branch Valley.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Civil War Correspondence, A&M 1508, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Background
- Physical location:
- West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Railroads - Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.
Civil War battles - Lewisburg.
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Rivers and river valleys.
Civil War - Virginia 45th Infantry. - Names:
- Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886
Fudge, Hattie A.
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Echols, John, 1823-1896
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 - Places:
- South Branch Valley (W. Va.)