A&M 1494Thomas H. McBee, Soldier, Civil War Letter regarding Battle of Cedar Mountain A&M 1494Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-10 07:02:49 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Thomas H. McBee, Soldier, Civil War Letter regarding Battle of Cedar Mountain McBee, Thomas H. A&M 1494 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4771 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 4 pages (1 folder) 1862 Letter written by Thomas H. McBee to his father Zadoc McBee from "Camp on Rapidan River", dated 14 August 1862. The letter regards the fight between Union troops under the command of General Nathaniel Banks against Stonewall Jackson's Confederates at Cedar Mountain. Although McBee was not present at the battle, he reports his impressions of the aftermath of the fighting. McBee also relays news of personal interest to his family. Collection also contains the original envelope of the letter, as well as a news clipping of an article written about the letter dated 20 October 1951. For additional letters to Zadoc McBee, see A&M 25. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Civil War - Union soldiers - West Virginia. Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company A. Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862. Civil War soldiers letters - Union. Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 McBee, Thomas H. McBee, Zadoc. McBee family