This collection consists of original manuscripts, documents, military orders, illustrations, photographs, and ephemera of the era of the American Civil War collected by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Key themes of the collection are the Paxton family of Lexington and Rockbridge County, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley history, the Army of Northern Virginia and Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate States Army, Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) (VA), and Robert E. Lee. The photographs within this collection consist of seven ambrotype and tintype images of unknown people of the Rockbridge and Augusta County (VA) vicinity.
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[Identification of item], Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection, WLU Coll 0785, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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A postcard copy of an original photograph of the Packet boat "Marshall" which delivered the remains of Generals Elisha Franklin Paxton and Stonewall Jackson to Lexington, Virginia for their burial in 1863.
Elisha F. Paxton writes a letter to "Gentlemen", likely fellow lawyers involved in a court case regarding land dealings and related business in Ohio.
Alexander T. Patton writes to lawyer James Gardiner Paxton on the details of the purchase of a horse.
Student William C. P. Carrington writes his friend Peachy Breckinridge on life at Washignton College in Lexington, Virginia. Both were from Botetourt County, Virginia.
Alexander S. "Sandie" Pendleton writes to his mother describing camp life near Mannassas Junction (Va.) updates on his brther - in - law Edwin G. "Ned" Lee, and about his rejoining Stonewall Jackson's staff.
Charles V. Depuy, a soldier of the 154th New York Regiment, describes the Battle of Chancellorville in which his regiment was attacked by Stonewall Jackson's division.
Phillip I. Huffman writes his father about camp life, news on the death of a friend in the service, soldier morale, and his displeasurewith his unit's officers.
Phillip I. Huffman writed his father about the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Confederate officer of the 21st Virginia infantry writed his uncle with details about the Battle of Kernstown. Mann details his experiences in the battle, mentions his regiment's commander, Colonel James M. Patton, and shares how Stonewall Jacksondescribed his regiments actions at the battle of Mannassass (First Bull Run).
A short letter written by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to an unnamed Confederate general - likely D. H. (Daniel Harvey) Hill, ordering the procurement of twenty blankets for his troops. The note is written on a fragment of blue-lined paper and signed "T.J. Jackson, Lt. Gen'l"
Lee writes to John A. Sims, father of Washington College students Leroy W. and John W. Sims of Memphis, Tennessee, regarding their financial accounts.
This is a modern copy of an illustration of Confederate soldiers marching that was originally published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume Two, The Century Publishing Company, New York, 1888.
A report signed by Alexander S. "Sandie" Pendleton" on the proceedings of the military trials of six soldiers of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) under General Stonewall Jackson. Soldiers John and Oliver Link, of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry and Cadwallader J. Andrews of Company E, 13th North Carolina Infantry were on trial for desertion. John Culpepper and William Booth of the First Battalion Virginia Infantry were charged with violations of articles of war - Culpepper for acquiring whiskey and bacon from a local citizen under false pretenses. Both Culpepper and Booth were sentenced to hard labor for six months with a ball and chain attached their left legs. George Mainwaring of Company H, 25th Virginia Infantry was charged with a violation of an article of war and sentenced to forfeiture of pay and extra duty.
Three letters between Gerald Maatman, Jr. and Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson on the subject of Stonewall Jackson - specifcially, a conversation about an existing Civil War period letter from A.P. Hill to J.E.B. Stuart about Stonewall Jackson that is housed at the Virginia Historical Society (now Virginia Museum of History and Culture).
Six letters written by Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.) cadet Tignal Jones "T.J." Morton of Mecklenburg County, Virginia during the year preceeding Virginia's secession from the United States and the American Civil War. Cadet Morton's letters document his academic, military, and social experience as a cadet at the military school in Lexington, Virginia. Of note are letters pertaining to the fervor of local pro and anti-Secessionists and an important incident in which a Secession flag was raised at V.M.I. and challenged by the Lexington residents. Morton was a Secessionist and left V.M.I. to served in the Confederate Army in 1862. He served as an officer in both the 56th Virginia Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia and the 53rd Tennessee Infantry in the western theater of the war.
A three page official document penned by Alexander S. "Sandie" Pendleton, Assistant Adjutant General on Stonewall Jackson's staff and adressed to General Jubal A. Early, detailing the court martial proceedings of Captain William L. McLeod of the 38th Georgia Infantry.
A handwritten order by Captaion John Q.A. Nadenbousch of the 2nd Virginia Infantry, Provost Marshall of Stonewall Jackson's army, announcing the plan for a military parade and speeches to be made in Martinsburg, Va. (later West Virginia) commemorating the recent election of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy.