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Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers 1.7 Linear Feet 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957

Collection includes typescripts drafts of unpublished works, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printer's picture plates. Unpublished typescript drafts are titled George Rodgers Clark Floyd of Logan County, West Virginia, and Huckleberry Ranger Lieutenant John Blue, Confederate. Also includes correspondence from Robert L. Floyd to Dr. Ambler regarding the Floyd family (1953-1957), and a manuscript titled The Life of Henry Floyd by Robert L. Floyd. The 58 printer's picture plates were used in A History of Education in West Virginia by Charles H. Ambler.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers 13.25 Linear Feet Summary: 13 ft. 3 in. (27 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (7 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957

Personal and professional correspondence (1914-1956), typescripts, research notes, clippings, photographs, maps, drafts and manuscripts of published and unpublished historical studies. The correspondence includes a number of letters from historians in the 1920s and 1930s. Other subjects covered in the papers include the McNeill Rangers, the Civil War, Moravian Missionaries, floods in the South Branch Valley, and secondary education in West Virginia.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles L. Gould, Civil War Letter 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item

Gould, Charles L.
A letter from a Union soldier stationed at Camp Griffith, Smith Division, Lewisville, Va., 13 November 1861. The letter is from Charles L. Gould to his parents. In this letter Gould discusses a system of newspaper exchange with his parents. He also inquires about other family members.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles Shetler, Curator and Historian, Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Shetler, Charles
Material written and collected by a former curator of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection that includes bibliographies, transcripts, photostats, papers and historical sketches on various aspects of West Virginia history. Items deal with prominent West Virginia University historians, the Civil War, early settlement, industrial growth, and West Virginia University. A number of letters and circulars discuss the West Virginia Historical Society in 1869.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Collection 1.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
  1. University of Richmond

Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House 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

Civil War diary of James A. Minish 109 pages Box 97, Shelf Bound Manuscripts/Ledgers

Manuscript diary of Civil War soldier Private James A. Minish, 105th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. With spiral-bound, typescript transcription of the diary and additional letters, edited and annotated by M. L. Brown. The diary includes descriptions of Minish's visits to Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 2. Ledgers and Bound Manuscripts

Civil War Illustrations 0.02 Linear Feet .25 in. (3 folders). Shares box with A7M 0754 and A&M 0169.

Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper
Over forty illustrations of various subjects of the Civil War from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly between 1862 and 1866. Also includes undated illustrations.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War in West Virginia, Historical Narratives in "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine" (1885, 1887) 0 Linear Feet Summary: 3 items

Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Three Century Illustrated magazines for June and August 1885 and November 1887, containing articles on the Civil War in Virginia. Includes "John Brown at Harper's Ferry", by John E. P. Daingerfield; "Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah", by John D. Imboden; and 'The Battle of Gaine's Mill", by D. H. Hill. The latter reproduces an etching of Stonewall Jackson by A. J. Volck, a copy of which is in West Virginia University Library.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Letter regarding Shenandoah Valley Diversionary Campaign 0 Linear Feet Summary: 12 pages

An ALS from a Union officer "George" to his wife "Fannie" describing, in the form of a diary, a diversionary campaign into the Shenandoah Valley, 10, December - 25, December 1863. The purpose of their maneuver, which he calls "the Valley Expedition," was "to divert attention from Gen. Averill while he was making a raid up through Staunton, Virginia." The expeditionary force of about 1,600 was large enough not to fall prey to guerrillas but too small to actively engage the regular Confederate army locally under the command of Gen. Jubal Early. They successfully preoccupied and eluded the forces of Gen. Early and his diary gives details of how this was accomplished, the social conditions and attitudes of the Valley's inhabitants and the common hardships of military camps. He had not written sooner because the expedition had been under strict orders to cut off communication lines to its headquarters and home base at Harpers Ferry. Also they were not expected to return from what was considered a suicide mission.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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