Dunlap Family letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
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Preferred citation:

Dunlap Family letters, 1864. MS 0373. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items
Creator:
Dunlap, Robert B. (Robert Bailey), 1843-1934 and Dunlap, Adam B.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dunlap Family letters, 1864. MS 0373. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two letters regarding members of the Dunlap Family of Jennings Gap, Augusta County, Virginia. The first letter (dated May 20th, 1864) is from Confederate soldier Robert B. Dunlap to his mother Margaret Dunlap and describes the aftermath of battle. The second letter (dated July 13, 1864) is from Adam Dunlap, a Union loyalist, to his brother Robert Dunlap. This letter discusses the murder of their brother Jim (also a Union loyalist) by a member of his own unit and encourages Robert to "change your way of thinking."

Written from Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. Letter describes the aftermath of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

Written from Warnsburg, Missouri. Letter discusses the murder of their brother Jim (also a Union loyalist) by a member of his own unit and encourages Robert to "change your way of thinking."

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks