David Hunter Strother Letters regarding the Battles of Culpeper Court House and Cedar Mountain

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West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother Letters regarding the Battles of Culpeper Court House and Cedar Mountain, A&M 4227, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 5 pages (1 folder)
Creator:
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother Letters regarding the Battles of Culpeper Court House and Cedar Mountain, A&M 4227, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Two letters authored by David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), a nineteenth century American illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon," was a household word. The letters date from 22 February and 29 June 1867; the recipient is an unnamed Union general. Their content concerns the Battle of Culpepper and the Battle of Cedar Mountain, of which Strother provides a partial eyewitness account. His account of the battle of Cedar Mountain appeared in Harpers as part of a series of articles he contributed to that magazine during the years 1866-1868 entitled "Personal Recollections of the War, by a Virginian."

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