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Isaac F. Thomas Papers, 1861-1864

Letters, 1861-1864, from Isaac F. Thomas (1837-1906), of the 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company C, to his parents, Wesley (b. ca. 1804) and Elizabeth Thomas (b. ca. 1801) of Grayson County, Virginia. Thomas's letters find him in Botetourt, Giles, Shenandoah, and Wythe Counties, Virginia; and Berkeley, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Mercer, and Monroe Counties, (West) Virginia. Topics include the movements of the 45th Virginia and the Grayson Cavalry (8th Virginia Cavalry, Company C), the unit to which his brother Osker Thomas (b. 1834) belonged; the health and safety of various acquaintances; his recovery from typhoid fever; encounters between Confederate and Union scouts in the area; reports of various skirmishes and larger engagements, including fighting around Winchester, Virginia, in the summer of 1864, and the 9 May 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mountain; camp life; prices and the value of Confederate currency; and his assignments as a nurse and commissary at a CSA hospital in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, and a ferryman at New River in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia. The last letter is dated 20 August 1864, a few weeks prior to Thomas's being taken prisoner at the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia, on 19 September 1864. Also included are copies of Thomas's service record from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and a biography of him written by two of his grandchildren.

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Isaac F. Thomas Papers, 1861-1864

Thomas, Isaac F., 1837-1906

Letters, 1861-1864, from Isaac F. Thomas (1837-1906), of the 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company C, to his parents, Wesley (b. ca. 1804) and Elizabeth Thomas (b. ca. 1801) of Grayson County, Virginia. Thomas's letters find him in Botetourt, Giles, Shenandoah, and Wythe Counties, Virginia; and Berkeley, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Mercer, and Monroe Counties, (West) Virginia. Topics include the movements of the 45th Virginia and the Grayson Cavalry (8th Virginia Cavalry, Company C), the unit to which his brother Osker Thomas (b. 1834) belonged; the health and safety of various acquaintances; his recovery from typhoid fever; encounters between Confederate and Union scouts in the area; reports of various skirmishes and larger engagements, including fighting around Winchester, Virginia, in the summer of 1864, and the 9 May 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mountain; camp life; prices and the value of Confederate currency; and his assignments as a nurse and commissary at a CSA hospital in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, and a ferryman at New River in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia. The last letter is dated 20 August 1864, a few weeks prior to Thomas's being taken prisoner at the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia, on 19 September 1864. Also included are copies of Thomas's service record from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and a biography of him written by two of his grandchildren.

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