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Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House, 1865 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 page (1 folder)

One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender of arms on 12 April, after which the soldier and his regiment were paroled and started for their homes. The soldier who wrote the diary was the grandfather of Richard E. Hyde, late of Charleston, West Virginia.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Collection of the Hulver Family and Baughman Settlement, Hardy County, West Virginia, 1800/2013, bulk 1830/1950 5.88 Linear Feet 5 ft. 11 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (2 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in.)

Hulver, Richard A.

The collection includes a wealth of information on the Baughman and Hulver families, and others who established the Baughman Settlement in the late eighteenth century. The collection spans from the antebellum Civil War era through World War Two. The collection includes correspondence, postcards, family photograph albums and assorted photographs, biographical sketches and family history, books, legal documents, receipts, certificates, and Confederate money. Also present are assorted newspapers and news clippings from Hardy County and other areas of West Virginia, as well as papers from the Midwest, upper South, and East Coast from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. The collection also contains a number of medical, agricultural, religious, and consumer catalogues and pamphlets. This collection includes information on family history in Hardy County and the surrounding areas, as well as information about the experiences of a West Virginia agricultural community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Hatcher, Confederate Veteran, Typescript Titled "Recollections of the Civil War 1861-1865", 1933/1937 .01 Linear Feet 10 pages (1 folder)

Hatcher, John (John Edmund Charles Lewis), 1843-1937
Typescript by John Hatcher, a Confederate veteran and West Virginia native, titled "Recollections of the Civil War 1861-1865". Hatcher served in the Confederate Army from August 1861 until he was taken prisoner in November 1864. Hatcher writes about his unit's movements, battles participated in, officers encountered, and hardships endured. For further information, see "Scope and Contents" and "Biographical Note".
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Margaret Hersman, Collector, Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers, 1945 .1 Linear Feet 1/2 in. (2 publications in 1 folder)

Gallaher, DeWitt Clinton, 1845-1926
Two autobiographical publications by West Virginians who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War: "A Diary Depicting the Experiences of DeWitt Clinton Gallagher in The War Between the States While Serving in the Confederate Army" (1945) and "Recollections of a Life Time" by Colonel Daniel S. DeWees (ca. 1904). See "Scope and Contents" for further information.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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