Henry Ruffner Morrison papersHenry Ruffner Morrison papers WLU.Coll.0789Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

July 2025

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-19 07:01:59 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Henry Ruffner Morrison papers Morrison , Henry Ruffner, 1840-1879 WLU.Coll.0789 /repositories/5/resources/1179 0.07 Linear Feet 7 folders 1859-1865 English Content Description

This collection is composed of letters to and from Rockbridge County, Virginia native Henry Ruffner "Ruff" Morrison before and during the American Civil War. Correspondents include his brother Luther, his father Robert, family member and neighbor Sarah H. Crawford, associate Thomas Perry Gwynn, and fellow Washington College (Va.) alumni and soldiers John W. Reilly and Thomas W. Read. Highlights include a December 2, 1860 letter from Morrison while he was living in Macon, Georgia written to his father regarding sectionalism and disunion.

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[Identification of item], Henry Ruffner Morrison Papers (WLU Coll. 0789), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Morrison family descendents in 2024.

 Biographical Note

Henry Ruffner Morrison graduated from Washington College in 1858. In June of 1861, he enlisted in the Washington College (Va.) infantry company known as the "Liberty Hall Volunteers." The unit would become Company "I" of the 4th Virginia Infantry of the Stonewall Brigade, Confederate States Army. He transferred to Company C, 1st Virginia Cavalry, in 1863 to join his brother Robert C. Morrison. After being wounded in early 1864, he transferred to the 26th Battalion of Virginia Infantry as a staff officer until the war ended.

 Virginia -- Rockbridge County Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864 Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of (Virginia : 1864) Sectionalism (United States) Morrison, Robert Culton, 1845-1890 Morrison, James Luther, 1833-1891 Morrison, Robert , 1802-1861 Reilly, John W. (John William) Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Battalion, 26th Letters sent to Henry Ruffner Morrison from his brother Luther/repositories/5/archival_objects/294601859 September 16, 1861 July 14, September 24, December 3Manuscripts Small Collections Box 121Letters sent to Henry Ruffner Morrison from his father Robert/repositories/5/archival_objects/294611860 May 10, 1861 January 7Manuscripts Small Collections Box 122Letters sent to Henry Ruffner Morrison from Various Correspondents/repositories/5/archival_objects/294621861, undatedManuscripts Small Collections Box 123Letters sent by Henry Ruffner Morrison/repositories/5/archival_objects/294631860-1862Manuscripts Small Collections Box 124Letters sent by Henry Ruffner Morrison/repositories/5/archival_objects/294641864-1865Manuscripts Small Collections Box 125Documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/294651861 November 14, 1862 August 18-19Manuscripts Small Collections Box 126Scope and Contents

Medical note for Matthew Kahle (a private in Morrison's College Company) written by James R. Jordan of Lexington dated November 14, 1861 and two documents regarding John Fleming as a substitute for Luther Morrison dated August 18-19, 1862

Transcriptions/repositories/5/archival_objects/29466Manuscripts Small Collections Box 127