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Daniel Blain Papers, 1864/1870 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Blain, Daniel
Four wartime letters and a post-war diary of Daniel Blain, a Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery during the American Civil War and later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Greer and Emilius Baughman Civil War Letters, 1862/1865 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Baughman, Emilius A. (Emilius Allen), 1844-1915
The collection consists of seven letters written by brothers and Confederate soldiers, Greer and Emilius Baughman from locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia. Letters were written to family back home in Richmond between 1862 and 1865.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Stephen R. Kelsey Diary and Notes, 1865/1920 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Kelsey, Stephen R.
Diary maintained by Stephen R. Kelsey between January and May, 1865, while in New York and Virginia with Battery I, 5th U. S. Artillery, during the American Civil War, with entries discussing the occupation of Petersburg, Virginia, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the capture of Jefferson Davis. Accompanied by a typescript biographical essay by Ernest Flint Kelsey, Stephen Kelsey's nephew, commenting on his uncle's military service.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William A. Leonard Papers,, 1864/1865 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Leonard, William A., b.1843(?)
The collection includes William A. Leonard's letters home from February-July 1865, as well as his diary from August 1864-April 1865. Leonard served as an ambulance driver in and around the siege at Petersburg, which is the focus of his short diary entries. His early letters focus on war news and rumors, daily life, and news from home. Post-surrender letters emphasize Leonard's experiences while stationed around Washington, DC, daily life (including the growing frustrations of soldiers wanting to get home) and his complaint's about the rumors and delays of his regiment's discharge.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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