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Richards-Woody Family Papers, 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Richards-Woody family
The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert E. Lee Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Robert E. Lee Collection comprises one personal letter, one portrait, and two reproduced photographs. The letter is from Lee to Reverend W. H. Braddus of Lexington, Virginia, regarding Lee's check for $30.00, which he wants Braddus to accept as payment of tuition for a member of Lexington's Craig family. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and he served as president of Washington College (presently Washington & Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, from 1865 until his death.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert Selph Henry Papers 4.3 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970
Spanning 1861 to 1971, the Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the American Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert Taylor Preston Papers 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder

The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Samuel A. Creelman Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Creelman, Samuel A., d.1906
This collection contains a number of letters written by Samuel A. Creelman to family and friends during the Civil War. It also contains obituaries about Creelman, a copy of his publication Collections of a Coffee Cooler, and an essay written by Creelman to be read at his funeral.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Walton family
This folder contains eighteen letters and one envelope to and from Sephus (Cephas) L. Walton. These letters are to and from his Mother, Father, Brother, Wife and other relations while he was in the 1st Virginia Battalion, Company A and 42nd Infantry Virginia Regiment, Company B.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Showacre Family Papers, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Runyan, William
The Showacre Family Papers consists of a handwritten copy of a eulogy for Charles Showacre by Reverend William Runyan and given on May 22, 1864, and an acceptance letter dated September 23, 1873, admitting George D. Showarce to the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Smith Family Letters 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Smith family (Carroll County, Va.)
The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William Alexander, and Barton Pierce Smith. All four served in Confederate units from Virginia. The collection also includes a family history and notes by Frederick R. Smith.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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