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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Joseph Fauber Shaner Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0201, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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Joseph Shaner was a Lexington, Virginia businessman who served in the Rockbridge Artillery during the American Civil War as a private from 1861-1865.
The collection consists mainly of photocopies of American Civil War letters written to and from Joseph Shaner and his family. It also includes a portion of Shaner's 1862 diary, his service records, one photograph, obituaries, history, reminiscences, and genealogies (1754-1978) pertaining to the Shaner family and other Rockbridge County families.
Many of the letters in this collection are photocopies. Originals belong to Joel C. Shaner, the town of Pocahontas, Iowa, and Ethel Shaw.
Donated by James and Roberta Bramham in 1985