Bear Family Papers

Bear Family Papers

Civil War

Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries.

The Bear Family Papers consist of diaries, books, and letters of various members of the Bear family. There is the 1862 diary of Harvey Bear, who although not a soldier in the American Civil War at that time, describes the war activity around him and his service as a wagon teamster for the Confederate Army. Harvey refers to his neighbor, Jedediah Hotchkiss, who served as Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's topographer. The papers also include two diaries written in 1878-1879 by Harvey's son George, a manuscript general order written in March 1863 for Stonewall Jackson's Second Army Corp of the Army of Northern Virginia, and a letter written in February 1849 from a member of the Virginia House of Delegates to Harvey Bear about a vote on resolutions regarding enslaved people.

Various Members of the Bear Family

1862 - 1879

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English

Diaries

Letters

Receipts

Poetry

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