The collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from James B. Allen Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: James B. Allen Letter, Ms2018-012, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The James B. Allen Letter was purchased by Special Collections in February 2016.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the James B. Allen Letter was completed in September, 2018.
The collection includes a letter written by James B. Allen to his mother, Nancy Allen in Hanover County, Virginia. Allen's letter, dated August 30, 1863 was written from Orange Court House, Virginia (modern day Orange, Virginia). Allen, a private in Company, I, 15th Virginia Infantry, relates how revivals have been increasing in his regiment and the camp. He tells her religious meetings were being held regularly, mentions eating watermelon, and requests his mother to send him some food items and a shirt.