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There are 10 letters included, each with typescripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly from William Tell Cobb, in camp near Mitchell's Station, Virginia and on board Union Navy vessels in the Atlantic to his father, Samuel Cobb, of Mauricetown, New Jersey. Letters describe interaction between Confederate and Union troops along picket lines, life in the Navy, the Cobb family's financial problems, the battles of Fort Fisher (North Carolina), and conditions in Charleston, South Carolina after the city was captured by Union forces. There are 15 letters included, each with typescripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe folder contains miscellaneous items as well as an envelope, a soldier's manual, a photograph, and negatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescripts of letters written by William Tell Cobb and his brother, Edwin Cobb, during the Civil War. Includes copy of transcripts on computer disk and information about a photo of William Tell Cobb.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Letters of William Tell Cobb (1840-1913), of Mauricetown, New Jersey, and his brother, Edwin Cobb (b. 1838), also of Mauricetown, New Jersey. William Cobb participated in the battles of Fair Oaks and 2nd Manassas while in the Army, and the battle of Fort Fisher while in the Navy; he describes these battles in his letters. Edwin Cobb provides an eyewitness account of the battle between the \"Monitor\" and the \"Merrimac\". Other topics dealt with in the letters are camp conditions and everyday life in the Army and Navy, interaction between Union and Confederate soldiers, and the financial difficulties faced by William Tell Cobb and his family during the war. The collection also includes a photo of William Tell Cobb, his copy of \"The Soldier's Guide\" and a collection of typescripts of the letters","Mostly from William Tell Cobb, a soldier in the Union Army, to his father, Samuel Cobb of Mauncetown, New Jersey. Letters describe Union camp conditions and skirmishes with Confederate troops in Virginia and West Virginia. There are 12 letters included, each with typescripts.","Mostly from William Tell Cobb, in camps in Northern Virginia and the Peninsula, to his father, Samuel Cobb, of Mauricetown, New Jersey. Letters describe camp conditions, the battles of Four Oaks and 2nd Manassas, the death of William's wife, and William's attempts to get promoted or transferred to another regiment. Included in the letters is a drawing done by William of the position of artillery at Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Also included is a letter from William's brother Edwin Cobb to his father, giving an account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. There are 26 letters included, each with typescripts.","Mainly from William Tell Cobb, in camps in Virginia and Maryland, to his father, Samuel Cobb, of Mauricetown, New Jersey, at the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, fighting at Fredericksburg and Aldie, Virginia, and the lateness of wages. There are 10 letters included, each with typescripts.","Mostly from William Tell Cobb, in camp near Mitchell's Station, Virginia and on board Union Navy vessels in the Atlantic to his father, Samuel Cobb, of Mauricetown, New Jersey. Letters describe interaction between Confederate and Union troops along picket lines, life in the Navy, the Cobb family's financial problems, the battles of Fort Fisher (North Carolina), and conditions in Charleston, South Carolina after the city was captured by Union forces. There are 15 letters included, each with typescripts.","The folder contains miscellaneous items as well as an envelope, a soldier's manual, a photograph, and negatives.","Typescripts of letters written by William Tell Cobb and his brother, Edwin Cobb, during the Civil War. 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Virginia Infantry Regiment, 58th","Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), Battle of, 1862","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Correspondence","Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Charles A. Wills of Bedford County, Virginia served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, specifically in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I).","Correspondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.","Item 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859","Item 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862","Item 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862","Item 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862","Item 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862","Item 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862","Item 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862","Item 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862","Item 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863","Item 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863","Item 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster,  April 14, 1863","Item 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863","Item 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863","Item 21: Matti, to \"brother,\" May 1, 1863","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, \"7 miles of Richmond,\" Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863","Item 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863","Item 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junksion,\" Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junction,\" Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863","Item 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863","Item 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863","Item 31: Habun R. Foster, \"Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River,\" Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863","Item 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to \"Wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863","Item 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863","Item 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863","Item 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863","Item 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863","Item 37: Charles A. Wills, \"camp near the Courthouse,\" Culpeper Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863","Item 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.","Item 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863","Item 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863\n2pp. ALS.","Item 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863","Item 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863","Item 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863","Item 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863","Item 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863","Item 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863","Item 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863","Item 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863","Item 9: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills,  December 28, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864","Item 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864","Item 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864","Item 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864","Item 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864","Item 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864","Item 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864","Item 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864","Item 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864","Item 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864","Item 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864","Item 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River,\" N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864\nIncluding a hand-drawn map of camp area.","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, \"on a march,\" to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864","Item 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864","Item 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg","Item 33: 7 items, undated","Item 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864","Item 35: \"Old Traitor Jeff,\" by J.E.H.\nSong.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Wills family","Wills, Mary J.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864"],"collection_ssim":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 W67","/repositories/2/resources/1983"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 W67","/repositories/2/resources/1983"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Wills family"],"creator_ssim":["Wills family"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wills, Mary J."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Wills family"],"creators_ssim":["Wills, Mary J.","Special Collections Research Center","Wills family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Confederate States of America. 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Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eItem 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nItem 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster,  April 14, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 20: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 21: Matti, to \"brother,\" May 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, \"7 miles of Richmond,\" Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junksion,\" Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junction,\" Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 31: Habun R. Foster, \"Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River,\" Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to \"Wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 37: Charles A. Wills, \"camp near the Courthouse,\" Culpeper Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863\n2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 9: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills,  December 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River,\" N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864\nIncluding a hand-drawn map of camp area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 30: Charles A. Wills, \"on a march,\" to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 33: 7 items, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 35: \"Old Traitor Jeff,\" by J.E.H.\nSong. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.","Item 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859","Item 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862","Item 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862","Item 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862","Item 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862","Item 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862","Item 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862","Item 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862","Item 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863","Item 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863","Item 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster,  April 14, 1863","Item 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863","Item 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863","Item 21: Matti, to \"brother,\" May 1, 1863","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, \"7 miles of Richmond,\" Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863","Item 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863","Item 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junksion,\" Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junction,\" Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863","Item 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863","Item 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863","Item 31: Habun R. Foster, \"Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River,\" Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863","Item 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to \"Wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863","Item 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863","Item 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863","Item 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863","Item 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863","Item 37: Charles A. Wills, \"camp near the Courthouse,\" Culpeper Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863","Item 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.","Item 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863","Item 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863\n2pp. ALS.","Item 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863","Item 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863","Item 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863","Item 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863","Item 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863","Item 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863","Item 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863","Item 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863","Item 9: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills,  December 28, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864","Item 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864","Item 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864","Item 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864","Item 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864","Item 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864","Item 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864","Item 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864","Item 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864","Item 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864","Item 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864","Item 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River,\" N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864\nIncluding a hand-drawn map of camp area.","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, \"on a march,\" to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864","Item 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864","Item 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg","Item 33: 7 items, undated","Item 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864","Item 35: \"Old Traitor Jeff,\" by J.E.H.\nSong."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Wills family"],"persname_ssim":["Wills, Mary J."],"names_coll_ssim":["Wills, Mary J."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Wills family","Wills, Mary J."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:42:20.276Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1983","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1983","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1983","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1983","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_1983.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Wills Family Papers","title_ssm":["Wills Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Wills Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1859-1864"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1859-1864"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1859/1864"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864"],"text":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864","Mss. 39.2 W67","/repositories/2/resources/1983","Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 58th","Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), Battle of, 1862","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Correspondence","Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Charles A. Wills of Bedford County, Virginia served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, specifically in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I).","Correspondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.","Item 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859","Item 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862","Item 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862","Item 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862","Item 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862","Item 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862","Item 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862","Item 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862","Item 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863","Item 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863","Item 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster,  April 14, 1863","Item 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863","Item 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863","Item 21: Matti, to \"brother,\" May 1, 1863","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, \"7 miles of Richmond,\" Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863","Item 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863","Item 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junksion,\" Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junction,\" Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863","Item 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863","Item 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863","Item 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863","Item 31: Habun R. Foster, \"Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River,\" Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863","Item 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to \"Wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863","Item 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863","Item 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863","Item 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863","Item 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863","Item 37: Charles A. Wills, \"camp near the Courthouse,\" Culpeper Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863","Item 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.","Item 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863","Item 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863\n2pp. ALS.","Item 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863","Item 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863","Item 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863","Item 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863","Item 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863","Item 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863","Item 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863","Item 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863","Item 9: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills,  December 28, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864","Item 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864","Item 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864","Item 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864","Item 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864","Item 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864","Item 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864","Item 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864","Item 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864","Item 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864","Item 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864","Item 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864","Item 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864","Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864","Item 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864","Item 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864","Item 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River,\" N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864\nIncluding a hand-drawn map of camp area.","Item 30: Charles A. Wills, \"on a march,\" to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864","Item 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864","Item 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg","Item 33: 7 items, undated","Item 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864","Item 35: \"Old Traitor Jeff,\" by J.E.H.\nSong.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Wills family","Wills, Mary J.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864"],"collection_ssim":["Wills Family Papers, 1859/1864"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 W67","/repositories/2/resources/1983"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 W67","/repositories/2/resources/1983"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Wills family"],"creator_ssim":["Wills family"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wills, Mary J."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Wills family"],"creators_ssim":["Wills, Mary J.","Special Collections Research Center","Wills family"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchase"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 58th","Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), Battle of, 1862","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 58th","Fair Oaks (Henrico County, Va.), Battle of, 1862","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.02 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["0.02 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Wills of Bedford County, Virginia served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, specifically in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles A. Wills of Bedford County, Virginia served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, specifically in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWills Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Wills Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eItem 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nItem 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster,  April 14, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to \"sister,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 20: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 21: Matti, to \"brother,\" May 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, \"7 miles of Richmond,\" Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junksion,\" Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near \"the Junction,\" Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 31: Habun R. Foster, \"Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River,\" Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to \"Wife,\" Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 37: Charles A. Wills, \"camp near the Courthouse,\" Culpeper Co., Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to \"husband,\" Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863\n2pp. ALS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to \"wife,\" Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 9: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills,  December 28, 1863\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River,\" N.C., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864\nIncluding a hand-drawn map of camp area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 30: Charles A. Wills, \"on a march,\" to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 33: 7 items, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem 35: \"Old Traitor Jeff,\" by J.E.H.\nSong. \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.","Item 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859","Item 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to \"brother and sister,\" Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862","Item 3: John A. Bradley, \"in camp,\" Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862","Item 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862","Item 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to \"brother,\" Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862","Item 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to \"sister,\" Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862","Item 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to \"sister,\" [?], October 30, 1862","Item 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862","Item 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863","Item 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863","Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863","Item 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to \"sister,\" Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863","Item 13: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863","Item 14: Charles A. Wills, to \"wife,\" Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863","Item 15: John A. 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