See Family Correspondence and Obituary, 1861/1918
- Containers:
- Box 5, Folder 16
- Scope and content:
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Folder includes letters written by Charles S. M. See to his aunt Louisa Baxter during the American Civil War. Includes description of early war situation in Tucker (W. Va.) and Augusta County, Virginia. One letter details the death of his brother George Baxter See in a Confederate hospital in 1864. Another details Charles' capture and confinement in both the old Capital Prison in Washington D.C. and Johnson's Island Prison in Ohio. This letter also mentions President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the surprisingly cordial relations of Unionists and Secessionists in the immediate post war period in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- Language:
- English.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesJames G. Leyburn LibraryWashington and Lee University204 W. Washington StreetLexington, VA 24450
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- Parent restrictions:
- The collection is open for research use.
- Parent terms of access:
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