Carrington Family Papers, 18621863. The correspondence of Henry Alexander Carrington (18321885) of the 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment includes letters, 18621864, to his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth (Cullen) Carrington, concerning camp life in northern Virginia in 1861, the suicide of Philip St. George Cocke, the first battle of Bull Run, general war news, the battle of Williamsburg, a recommendation for his promotion by George Edward Pickett, rumors regarding Union desertions following the Emancipation Proclamation, the Suffolk and Bermuda Hundred campaigns, and Carrington's arrival at Point Lookout, Md., as a prisoner of war; a letter, 18 September 1863, to Maria Louisa (Dabney) Carrington (18251902) regarding his life as a prisoner at Johnson's Island, Ohio; a letter, 23 May 1864, from Montgomery Dent Corse praising the conduct of Eppa Hunton's brigade; a letter, 19 March 1864, from Eppa Hunton concerning the reorganization of his brigade and Carrington's return from prison in the North; letters, 1863, from Clement Carrington Read (18051872) of Montreal, Canada, offering assistance to Carrington while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio; and a letter, 23 December 1862, from Robert Enoch Withers (18211907) discussing the battle of Fredericksburg and the price of food items in Danville (section 9). Walker's Brigade. Mss5:1C3685:4.A recollection, written by John Taylor Chappell (18451915), concerning an event that occurred on 25 December 1864 involving a member of Parker's Artillery Battery and a northern civilian in a Union observation tower near Dutch Gap in Henrico County. The 35th and 43rd Infantry did not complete organization. Also in the collection are Confederate tax-in-kind receipts for 1864 (section 29). Confederate States Army, Discharge, 1862. Also included are brief entries describing cavalry action east of Richmond in August and September 1864, the chaotic activity in the city on 3 April 1865, and the retreat toward Appomattox Court House. Early's Shenandoah Valley campaign, and his hopes regarding his release from Fort McHenry in November 1864; and a letter, 20 March 1862, to Alpheus Starkey Williams concerning the confiscation of two of Conrad's slaves, with notes describing his confrontation with Williams and Nathaniel Prentiss Banks over the matter (section 5). Photocopy. Letters written to Comfort by friends and family discuss aspects of the war. Other items relating to George H. Caperton's service in the war include a typescript copy of his diary, 25 December 186117 January 1862, kept while a member of Company G of the 2d Virginia Cavalry Regiment containing entries concerning camp life in winter quarters near the Bull Run battlefield and the capture of Confederate diplomats James Murray Mason (17981871) and John Slidell (17931871) by the Union navy (section 7); and photocopies of furloughs and leaves of absence, 18611862, an honorable discharge, 1862, from the 2d Virginia Cavalry, a special order, 1863, assigning Caperton to duty as an assistant surgeon, and a pass, 1865, for a servant to cross Robert E. Lee's lines around Petersburg to join his master, John Caperton (section 10). Conrad, Holmes, Papers, 17941959. Civil War items consist of a letter, 21 June 1861, from Robert Selden Garnett to Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (18211864) regarding Muscoe Garnett's request to serve on his staff (folder 18); letters, 1861, to Robert S. Garnett from Michael G. Harman concerning troops, equipment, and food collected by Harman for Garnett, and from Daniel Ruggles reporting on the landing of a large Union force in Stafford County and asking for reinforcements; orders, 1861, signed by Robert S. Garnett, concerning the assignment of Confederate artillery batteries, the spending of public money, and the assignment of an agent at Suffolk to purchase supplies for newly arriving troops (folder 19); a letter, 14 August 1861, to the relatives of Robert S. Garnett from J. W. Gordon of New York describing Garnett's death (folder 20); a typescript copy of Richard Brooke Garnett's official report, 30 March 1862, of the battle of Kernstown (folder 23); letters, 1865, from Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (18091887) to Andrew Johnson and William Henry Seward (18011872) concerning Hunter's request for a pardon (folder 30); and a letter, 18 July 1863, from Elliot Johnston (b. In great detail, Cox records incidents of his daily life in prison including observations on the weather, the exchange and release of fellow prisoners, the presence of disease, and news concerning the war in Virginia. Culpeper Court House, List of Confederate States Army Interments, 1866. Confederate States Army, Provost Marshal, Pass, 1865. Muster Out: Disbanded April 12, 1865. The memorial also includes a brief discussion regarding Jewish Confederates. Mss1C2686a.This collection consists entirely of the wartime letters of William Thomas Casey (18431864) of Caroline County. 1 item. Wartime items include letters, 18621863, of Andrew Napoleon Bonaparte Cosby (18431916) of the 22d Virginia Infantry Battalion, offering brief descriptions of the second battle of Bull Run, fighting near Orange Court House in September 1863, and a religious camp meeting (section 2); and a letter, 22 May 1862, from Josephine Cumings of Richmond, briefly mentioning the fighting east of the city (section 4). Note: Formerly known as the 4th Battalion Virginia Reserves. The letter includes a newspaper clipping advising Virginia Hanes Chamberlayne of the prisoner of war status of Francis Chamberlayne. Civil War materials include a diary, 1 January31 December 1863, kept in Richmond by Herbert Augustine Claiborne (18191902), with brief entries on the weather, news of battles and skirmishes and sessions of Congress, and rumors of troop movements (section 4); a letter, 8 June 1861, from James William Claiborne (18251906) of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment to his brother, Herbert A. Claiborne, concerning James's duties as regimental physician and news of fighting around Hampton and Newport News (section 5); and a notebook, 7 June 18613 April 1862, kept by Herbert A. Claiborne in Richmond while serving in the Confederate Commissary Department, containing the following information: daily rations allowed per soldier, prices of food, beef allotted to different camps around the city, rations for prisoners, and an estimate of rations needed for 2,000 patients at Chimborazo Hospital (section 6). Mss2C2467b.This collection contains materials generated and collected by Robert G. Carter concerning the war in Virginia. 50 items. Microfilm reel C593.This letterbook, 13 July5 August 1864, contains the official letters and reports of Hugh Thomas Douglas of the 1st Virginia Engineers Regiment concerning Confederate mining operations at Petersburg. Other wartime items include letters from William Lowther Jackson (discussing Union troop movements in the Shenandoah Valley in 1865); Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (concerning Confederate troops movements in the Valley in the fall of 1864); Hunter Holmes McGuire ([18351900] regarding food supplied to a hospital in Winchester in 1861); James D. Robison (noting the supply of whiskey for Confederate wounded); and James Alexander Seddon ([18151880] concerning the commission of William Shelton as second lieutenant of Company H of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment) (section 19). 186 items. Microfilm reels C543545.This collection contains the papers of members of the Cabell family of Richmond. 5 items. Letters, 18611862, from James Oscar Chisholm (18431862) of the Morris Artillery Battery to his sister, Ann M. Chisholm (b. Civil War items in the collection relate primarily to service of Henry Coalter Cabell (18201889) as commander of a battalion of artillery and later as commander of artillery in Lafayette McLaws's Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. Also, include two letters concerning Coghill's death in an army hospital in Clarksville, Tenn., following his wounding in the battle of Fort Donelson (b11-12); newspaper clippings concerning the battle of Fort Donelson and the death of J. L. Coghill (b13-16); and Coghill's commission as a Second Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 90th Regiment of Virginia Militia (signed by John Letcher [18131884]) (b17). Confederate States Army, 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Muster Roll, 1862. Also, contain the correspondence of John Rogers Cooke with John G. Cooke (concerning John G. Cooke's recollections of the treatment he received as a civilian by Union troops during the Fredericksburg Campaign), Rachel Wilt (Herzog) Cooke (regarding the secession of Virginia and the situation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in April 1861), Robert Edward Lee (concerning orders for Cooke to prepare his troops to move on Lee's command during the Bristoe Campaign in October 1863), James Longstreet (regarding Longstreet's effort to reform his scattered corps in mid-May 1863), Flora (Cooke) Stuart ([1836#8211;1923] concerning Cooke's service in the Confederate Army as chief of artillery of the Aquia District in the fall of 1861, and his role in action near Petersburg, Va., in December 1864), and Jeb Stuart (concerning cavalry actions near Fredericksburg, Va., in February 1863, U.S. Army troop movements near New Bern, N.C., and Stuart's Horse Artillery under John Pelham [1838#8211;1863]) (Section 2); and military commissions, 1861 and 1865, of Philip St. George Cooke in the U.S. Army (Section 4). Excerpts of the diary have been published as Cobb's Ordeal: The Diaries of a Virginia Farmer, 18421872 (Athens, Ga., and London, 1998), edited by Daniel W. Crofts. 1 item. Confederate States Army, 43d Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Roll Book, 18641865. Photocopies. The cover of this item bears the designation "Home Guard.". 10th Battalion Kentucky Rifles, Major J. Thomas Chenoweth. Mss3C3815a728743.Contains affidavits and petitions, 1862, to the Charlotte County Board of Exemptions requesting exemption from service in the Confederate army (section 136). (March & April 1-2, 1865). Photocopy. 1 volume. Mss12:1863 April 30:12 oversize.Muster rolls, 30 April30 June 1863, for Companies D and H of the 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment completed while in Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign. 1 item. CAVALRY. Carrington Family Papers, 17811939. ), Major (Lieutenant Colonel?) Cooke's correspondence includes a letter, 22 June 1863, from Robert Hall Chilton (18161879) acknowledging Cooke's offer to reinforce Robert E. Lee's army with his brigade; a letter, 3 June 1863, from Alfred Holt Colquitt concerning the transportation, by rail, of Cooke's brigade from Kinston, N.C., to Richmond; a letter, 21 April 1862, to Cooke's mother, Rachel Witt (Hertzog) Cooke, discussing the secession of Virginia and rumors of fighting in St. Louis, Mo. Confederate States Army, 21st Virginia Cavalry, Muster Roll, 1863. Microfilm copy. Kept by Rufus James Woolwine (18401908), the record book also includes casualty lists for the battles of New Market and Third Winchester, and a brief diary of the regiments participation in the battles of New Market, Totopotomoy Creek, Cold Harbor, and Lynchburg. Cocke Family Papers, 17421976. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.[1]. Mss1C2358g.This collection contains the papers of the Carrington family of Charlotte County. Coiner Family Papers, 18621986. Mss1C2466a.This collection primarily contains papers relating to service of Thomas Henry Carter (18311908) in the King William Artillery Battery and as chief of artillery to Daniel Harvey Hill and Jubal A. and the Cockade Artillery Battery to Jamestown Island; special orders, May 1861, issued by Robert Selden Garnett regarding the defenses of the James River; and a requisition, 24 May 1861, for ordnance for Fort Powhatan, Prince George County (section 6). 1 item. The 13th was prominent in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then it moved with Gen. Jubal Early to the Shenandoah Valley and later was involved in the Appomattox operations. Mss12:1862:1. Mss12:1863 December 31:1 oversize.A muster roll, 31 December 1863, of Company C of the 21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Mss5:1C4626:1.Kept by Ann Webster (Gordon) Christian (18371894) of Richmond, this diary, 1 January 18601 May 1867, contains entries concerning her religious life and her visits to educational institutions and friends and family in Virginia and Mississippi.
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