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  • Subject is exactly "United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"

Ms1992_020_Stepp_010.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp was also responding to a letter from his wife in which she mentioned she was having a hard time at home.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_009.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also lists several items that he had sent to his wife.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_005.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses farm business in the letter.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_008.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health. Stepp writes of a desire to return home and ask his family not to send any more clothing.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_007.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health. Stepp also discusses how much he misses his family and his desire to return home.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_003.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife and children updating them on his health and life in the army. Stepp writes about the lack of food and poor weather conditions.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_012.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health. Stepp also discusses his meals and expresses a desire to return home.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_015.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife informing her that he had been captured by the Union army.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_014.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp is also discussing farm business in the letter.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_013.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses items he had received from his wife.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_011.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife updating her on his health and life in the army. Stepp also discusses farm business in the letter.

Ms1992_020_Stepp_016.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wife discussing being captured by the Union army. Stepp discusses the camps that he was taken to and expresses a desire to be reunited with his family.

Ms2003_006_Tice_003.pdf
Confederate soldier in the 42nd Virginia Infantry writes from camp near Romney about personal and family matters, the withdrawal of Union forces from Romney and the many provisions captured by the Confederates there, the war-time prices of various…

Ms1973-003_086.tif
Account of division of proceeds from sale of land

Ms1973-003_085.tif
List of sale of items with prices and names

Ms1973-003_084_001.tif
List of figures in John Jameson's Papers

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Receipt in full for wheat given as payment by John Jameson

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Handwritten page with Jameson family information

Ms1973-003_140.tif
Page with Information about Capt. William Jameson

Ms1973-003_139_001.tif
Letter from Mrs. Jane A. East

Ms1973-003_138_001.tif
Deed of the Legatee Land of John E. Webster

Ms1973-003_137_001.tif
Letter signed "Nancy"

Ms1973-003_136.tif
Letter from relative regarding membership in the Mormon Church

Ms1973-003_135.tif
Letter from Cousin Jimmie

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Electrotype replica of the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America produced in the early 1870s.

Ms1973-003_120_001.tif
Deed to Joel L. Webster - Lot 2

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Deed to Mary A. Webster - Lot No. 3

Ms1973-003_014.tif
John R. Webster Invoice for Purchases

Ms1992_020_Stepp_004.pdf
Letter from Silas Stepp to his wide and children updating them about his sickness and his life in the army. Stepp also discusses Confederate currency.

Ms2003_006_Tice_001.pdf
Confederate soldier in the 42nd Virginia Infantry writes from Guinea Station about personal and family matters.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to his brother Henry, in which Catlett indicates that he has enclosed a letter from John Conway to himself concerning their father's will and the division of the estate; also includes details of Catlett's health, lonely…

Ms1998_001_HuffHylton_Letter_1975_0612a.jpg
Letter regarding Lorenzo D. Hylton's gravesite in Marietta, Georgia. Certificate of Hylton's war record.

Ms1973-003_103_001.tif
Franklin County Court Law Suit Document

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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