Henrie H. Alexander Letter, 1862 (Ms1960-002)

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Title

Henrie H. Alexander Letter, 1862 (Ms1960-002)

Description

Henrie H. Alexander was Blacksburg, Virginia, resident. In 1861, he mustered in as a 1st Sergeant with Company C, 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He may have transferred to the 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry in August of 1861. He is also listed as a Second Lieutenant/Aide-de-Camp for the CSA General and Staff Officers. Alexander died in 1916.

The collection consists of a letter written June 10,1862, from Alexander in Blacksburg, to Captain W. G. Price in Wytheville, Virginia, about a recent skirmish with the Union soldiers at Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia).

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Rights

Permission to publish from the Henrie H. Alexander must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Type

Identifier

Ms1960-002

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Henrie H. Alexander, Ms1960-002, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Citation

Henrie H. Alexander, “Henrie H. Alexander Letter, 1862 (Ms1960-002),” VT Special Collections and University Archives Online, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/AmericanCivilWar/Ms1960-002.