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Homer E. Davis Papers 16 Linear Feet 35 boxes, 3 oversize folders

Davis, Homer E.
The Homer E. Davis Papers is a collection of photographs resulting from an effort to record the gravesites of American Civil War generals. Also represented are the gravesites of other prominent personalities in U. S. military, political, legal, business, entertainment, art and literary history--together with research files on cemeteries and individuals. Materials related to historical organizations (particularly District of Columbia area Civil War roundtables); Civil War printed materials and memorabilia; and personal materials.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Huff-Hylton Families Papers 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Hylton, Lorenzo Dow, 1830-1864
The Huff-Hylton Families Papers consists of items from the early 1800s through the American Civil War pertaining to the business and personal lives of Samuel Huff, Lorenzo Dow Hylton, and their families in Montgomery (now Floyd) County, Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Isaac Horne Ledgers 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Horne, Isaac James, 1801-1878
This collection contains seven ledgers and one letter from the estate of Isaac Horne (1801-1878) of Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia. The ledgers show the Hornes owned a dry goods, fabric and tanning business. Transactions are recorded selling leather items to Confederate Soldiers during the American Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Isaac White Letters 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box, 1 oversize folder

Snead, Bess Duvall White
The collection consists of letters written mostly by Isaac White (1837-1889) to his wife, Mary Virginia "Jinnie" Day White, while he served with the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon during the American Civil War. Many of the letters are written while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley. Other papers include literature gathered by Bess Duvall White Snead, White's grand-daughter, in her search for military information about Isaac White.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jacob Cassel Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Cassel, Jacob
The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Jamerson family (Franklin County, Va.)
The Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers include receipts, deeds, land settlements, and correspondence from the Jamerson and other Franklin County families, including the Webster, Basham, Rayford, Akers, and Neff families.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James A. Branch Collection 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Branch, James A.
The collection contains two diaries and letters pertaining to James A Branch between the years of 1864 and 1867. They detail his life as a Confederate soldier, a prisoner of war at Point Lookout Camp, and a shop clerk, during and after the American Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James E. Rearden Civil War Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box and 1 oversize

Reardon, James E., d.1863
The ollection is mainly composed of letters written by James E. Rearden to his wife and his mother in the years 1861 and 1862. James Rearden was a Confederate soldier for the Army of the Potomac, 7th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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