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Letter sent from Lee Hendrix to Noah Beeson discussing army life and expressing a desire to receive more letters.

Transcript of a letter sent from Lee Hendrix to Noah Beeson discussing army life and expressing a desire to receive more letters.

Letter from Milton S. Koontz to his sister Nellie. Details their recent troop movements as well as Milt's experiences in Martinsburg.

Candler tells his brother about war news including McClellan's actions and what the Army is going to do with him.

Letter from John Nichols Ridgway to R. P. Wright on November 6, 1862.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on November 10, 1862.

This collection contains a partially printed receipt for slave labor delivered to Chief Engineer Lt. Col. William H. Stevens in charge of Confederate fortifications outside of Richmond, Virginia, on November 11, 1862. The receipt notes that Stevens…

Letter written by Joshua Gilman Hawkes, addressed to "all of you". Written November 29th, 1862. Letter has a transcription.

This letter was sent to Edgar Knapp from his brother, H. Knapp, on December 1, 1862.

Letter from Confederate States of America Secretary of War I. A. Campbell to Lt. General Pemberton, releasing A. M. Health and W. W. Wiles from Military Service.

Letter written by Joshua Gilman Hawkes, addressed to "Bea." Written December 13th, 1862.

Letter written by Joshua Gilman Hawkes, addressed "to John." Written December 20th, 1862.

Candler talks about war news, the aftermath in Fredericksburg, and Burnside.

Confederate soldier in the 50th Virginia Regiment writes from near Richmond, Va. on current camp conditions, anticipated troop movement, the fortification of Richmond, and his hope that troops never arrive near home.

This letter was sent from Mrs. A. Chandler to Edgar Knapp on December 25, 1862.

Near Petersburg, Hylton tells his wife about the camp and getting his picture taken to send to her.

Letter from James R. Smith to Stephen Mitchell Smith on December 30, 1862.

John R. Webster's account with John C. Carper

This is a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Herbert E. Valentine with newspaper clippings written in 1911-1912 about his regiment's war activities, photographs from a monument dedication ceremony for his regiment in New Berne, North Carolina in 1908, and…

Bushee's diary is an account of his duties and the movements of Company E, 112 th Regiment, New York Infantry, from January to mid-November of 1863. Each entry begins with the phrase "1 day for Uncle Sam" and in the cash accounts in the back of the…

Single-page advertising flyer for J. E. Cooley, merchant, New York, NY, dated 1863. Flyer lists prices for a wide range of grocery items, including cheese, butter, fruits, grains, poultry and "sundries." Prices are handwritten alongside item…

This collection details the receipt of John, an enslaved person, in Lynchburg, Virginia, for work on the city's fortifications in October 1863. John was sent by Mrs. Jane Nance of Bedford County, Virginia, to William H. Prease. This impressment was…

Marriage certificate of Dr. Stanford Chaille and Mary L. Napier in 1863.

The G. Horace Tarr Letter collection contains a letter dated May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville during the American Civil War.

This is a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing to his sister Martha from Richmond, Virginia, on July 11, 1863, Scott describes a recent skirmish…

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other…

Letter sent from Lee Hendrix to Noah Beeson discussing items that Hendrix wishes he had.

Transcript of a letter sent from Lee Hendrix to Noah Beeson discussing items that Hendrix wishes he had.

Letter to Mrs. Jameson from John Jameson

The Southern Soldier Boy, lyrics by Capt. C. W. Alexander, song as sung by Miss Sallie Partington in the Virginia Cavalier at the Richmond New Theatre, 1863.

The Vacant Chair, lyrics by Geo. F. Root, 1863.

Letter written by Joshua Gilman Hawkes, addressed to "all of you." Written January 1st, 1863.