Purchase: 110 items, 5/07/1939.
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Emma Virginia Hatfield PapersHatfield Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Letters received chiefly by Emma Virginia "Ginnie" (Frye) Hatfield of Rockingham County and Augusta County, Virginia and West Virginia from her brothers Hiram E. "Hiley" Hatfield of Georgia, who served in the Civil War in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment; and John F. Hatfield, who also served in the Civil War under the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment. There are also many letters to Ginny from her brother-in-law and sister, James W. Thomas and Mary M. "Molly" Thomas of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Subjects covered in the letters include Confederate camp conditions and Civil War battles, maintaining a household during and after the war, and the daily lives of men and women.
The collection contains letters received by Emma Virginia "Jennie" or "Geet" Hatfield Frye, 1845-1863. The writers include the following people: John F. Hatfield, her brother, while serving in the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Hiram "Hiley" E. Hatfield while serving in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Her sister Mary "Molley" M. Hatfield Thomas and husband James W. Thomas. Also represented are letters written by E. Jones Armstrong, Jane Scott (describing her wedding), J. W. Bryan, Co. K, 31st Virginia Regiment, E. Jones Armstrong, 31st Virginia Regiment, Annie Samprell, "Jennie's" father A. F. Hatfield, and Mary M. Hatfield Thomas (discussing the death of A. F. Hatfield).