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15th Virginia Infantry History 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Lain, Claybrook Y., c. 1864
The collection contains a history of the 15th Virginia Infantry, covering its formation in April 1861 to the spring of 1862, written by enlisted soldier Claybrook Y. Lain. Includes copies of Confederate company records concerning Lain's enlistment, payment, death, and beneficiaries.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1st Massachusetts Cavalry detachment invoice .03 Cubic Feet 1 letter folder

Kurt A Sanftleben, LLC

This collection contains an invoice detailing the issue of new uniforms and blankets to a detachment from the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry made at Hagerstown, Maryland during the month of November 1862 following the unit's skirmishes in the Shenandoah with Confederates at Snicker's Gap, Markham Station, and Manassas Gap.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Bugler Diary 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains a photocopy of a diary from the American Civil War belonging to an unidentified soldier. The contents of the diary were written between 1862 and 1863 and describes what life was like for the author during the war. The author was a bugler in the 2nd Mississippi Calvary Regiment of the Confederate Army based on details from the account and the names of Generals and Officers that he served under.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

7th Virginia Cavalry quartermaster documents 21 items

Miller, William

This collection consists of requisitions and receipts (21 items) issued primarily by Captain William Miller, Assistant Quartermaster serving on the staff of Colonel Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army. The documents date from the period December 1861 to March 1862 and many bear Ashby's signature. Included are receipts for corn, oats, and hay purchased from various farmers.

  1. Virginia Military Institute Archives

Aaron Ruble Civil War Letters 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Two letters from Chestnut Run, near Burning Springs, Wirt Co. to Robert Caldweel and Edward Wright of Thompsonville, Washington Co., PA. Ruble inquires whether Caldwell and Wright desire continue drilling for oil on his land. He mentions it would be safe for them to visit, despite the Civil War, since there are many Pennsylvanians working there who move about freely.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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