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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Col. Blanton Duncan Letters, 1862/1864

0.02 Linear Feet 0.25 in. (1 folder)
Colonel Blanton Duncan (b. 1827) served as the colonel of the 1st Kentucky Infantry in the Confederate army and as an engraver and printer of Confederate money during the Civil War. Collection contains photocopies of eight letters written to Duncan between 1862 and 1864, chiefly by Confederate Gen. P. G. T. (Pierre Gustave Toutant) Beauregard and one of his staff officers. Letters from 1862 and 1863 are largely personal in nature and discuss a possible army position for a friend of Duncan's, the Baron Von Koenig, and gifts apparently sent between the two men. Letters from late 1864 discuss the military situation in Virginia, the peace movement in the North, and the feelings of the British toward the South. Also includes a copy of an October 1862 letter from Stonewall Jackson in response to Duncan's query about obtaining a photograph or likeness of Jackson. Some of the photocopies are difficult to read.
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Col. Blanton Duncan Letters, 1862/1864 0.02 Linear Feet 0.25 in. (1 folder)

Duncan, Blanton
Colonel Blanton Duncan (b. 1827) served as the colonel of the 1st Kentucky Infantry in the Confederate army and as an engraver and printer of Confederate money during the Civil War. Collection contains photocopies of eight letters written to Duncan between 1862 and 1864, chiefly by Confederate Gen. P. G. T. (Pierre Gustave Toutant) Beauregard and one of his staff officers. Letters from 1862 and 1863 are largely personal in nature and discuss a possible army position for a friend of Duncan's, the Baron Von Koenig, and gifts apparently sent between the two men. Letters from late 1864 discuss the military situation in Virginia, the peace movement in the North, and the feelings of the British toward the South. Also includes a copy of an October 1862 letter from Stonewall Jackson in response to Duncan's query about obtaining a photograph or likeness of Jackson. Some of the photocopies are difficult to read.

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