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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, catching up on news concerning numerous family members; detailing his current comfortable living situation and his daughters

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, speaking in anticipation of Willie's future visit and reflecting on family matters.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, recounting their university days in Charlottesville and Blacksburg before the Civil War and speculating on living situations after the next move.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his new boarding situation and bringing Willie up to date on some traveling members of the family.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, sharing information about the family and expressing hope for the "prosperity" of the South.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing travel plans and asking about a mystery phone call from Athens, Georgia asking for John Conway.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, detailing his visit to his daughters and their husbands in Baltimore and Cincinnati.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, congratulating him on his daughter's marriage and speculating on the outcome of the presidential race between Alton B. Parker and Theodore Roosevelt.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking him for the birthday pin and especially the card, and telling Willie that his Christmas will be spent in Hanover with Catlett Fitzhugh's family.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his life and health in Philadelphia with his daughter Mary Wallace, and speculating on the state of the country post-Civil War.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing Southern displeasure with "forced reconstruction" and the perceived negative effects of the "free negro."

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the death of Sister Nellie on March 6, 1912 and noting that she was buried next to her husband Catlett and son Henry in Hanover County.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his health troubles and contesting some accounts of the Civil War that he read by relaying his own experiences and opinions.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with family along with his opinions on the city and its institutions, and commenting further on his view of current histories of the Civil War.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking him for sending a genealogy of the Conway family and sharing that the Daughters of the Confederacy have asked him to write a paper on a "war subject" to share at a meeting.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his Christmas in Philadelphia, reflecting on the severity of past winters, and commenting on President Wilson and the hope that the United States will succeed despite German strength.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the coming of spring and expressing surprise that Willie is making his annual trip to Blacksburg so early

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, sharing his thoughts about labor unions and the economy as well as defences of President Woodrow Wilson.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, discussing the possibility of a Conway family reunion and recounting a chapter meeting of UVA alumni at which he was a special guest of honor for being the oldest living member.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, recounting his visits with family members in Washington D. C. and Charlottesville.

Letter from Mary Hayden Wallace to Mamie, expressing sorrow about "Uncle Willie's" death and indicating that her father will be much affected by the news, but they both had a positive outlook on life after death.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy discussing different accounts of cavalry movements during the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee's wartime decisions, and masonic meetings.

Letter from Catlett Conway to his brother, Willy, discussing the declining health of "Pa"; detailing a visit from John Conway and his son Kent; Catlett's new job in the coal business with Charles H. Page; and the current political climate, mentioning…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, thanking him for sending a copy of the "Magazine of Medicine," in which Willy had a picture and article; detailing his busy and tired days working in coal; speculating on the terms of his and his housemates'…

Letter from John G. Conway to Catlett Conway, in which John informs Catlett of his visit to the Court House in a failed attempt to find a will to their estate, and suggests that a man named Mr. Pattie should be appointed administrator of the estate.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, in which he describes his health decline as well as his and his family

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, explaining why letter-writing and reading books have become difficult; describing his time on the first floor of a new house which he rented for himself and Mary Wallace; recalling a memory of a hunt with a couple…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, detailing his most recent health issues and expressing his wish for Willy

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, describing the state of his illness and thanking Willy for prescriptions sent in response, and recounting a dramatic tale of a Civil War battle in which the Confederate side was victorious.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, praising the help of Willy

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, describing his medical regimen with the help of Willy's prescription; commenting on the high heat of the summer; and lamenting the lack of published personal experiences of Confederate soldiers in the Richmond…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking Willie for a copy of the Atlanta Journal and reflecting on the value of soldier accounts (specifically Confederates') from the Civil War; speculating on the possible publication of his own stories;…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, discussing details of the Conway family genealogy that he and his daughter Mary Wallace had investigated and comparing the education and school systems of the South and the North, asserting that "public school…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, complimenting Willie

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing interest in Alfred

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, addressing the plans for Mary Wallace

The diary of M.M. Cottingim between April and October of 1862.In addition to short entries about his regiment's movements and activities, his last few entries make mention of his leg being wounded at Antietam on September 17, its subsequent…

A letter from Isaac Cox to his wife (probably in Saltville), written in Tazewell County, Virginia, June 29, 1862. Cox writes of marching to Princeton (West Virginia) and back in recent days, as well as news of "Bill." The paper on which the letter…

Letter from David and John R. Webster

The collection consists of a single letter from Lt. Colonel Clarence Derrick (1837-1907), 23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, to President Andrew Johnson (which Derrick misspells as "Johnston"), dated June 17, 1865. Derrick writes to petition his…

This collection contains an 1883 letter written by Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person who served as a body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Foster writes to former Confederate General John McCausland, one-time…

This patriotic Union scrapbook contains items mostly from the first year of the American Civil War, including Union songsheets, mourning cards, cartes-de-visite, patriotic covers, and cartoons, many of the latter clipped from patriotic stationery of…

The collection consists of a letter written by Nancy B. Harbin to her sons, Jack and John Harbin. The letter details a mother's concern for the well-being and safety of her three enlisted sons, Jack, John, and Edward Harbin. Nancy Harbin relates the…