<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Officers-5th-Virginia-Cavalry-Letter</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Officers of 5th Virginia Cavalry Letter<num>SC 00303</num></titleproper><author>Karen King, SCRC Staff</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>October 2017</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:21:55 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Fox, Edward C.</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="Allen, James H. " rules="dacs" source="local">Allen, James H.</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="T.W. Clay" rules="dacs" source="local">Clay, T.W. </persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="William P. Bohannon" rules="dacs" source="local">Bohannon, William P. </persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="E.M. Ware" rules="dacs" source="local">Ware, E.M. </persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="S.W. Lane" rules="dacs" source="local">Lane, S.W.</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1863 August 12 </unitdate>
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<p>Letter from the officers of 5th Virginia Cavalry, in camp, to Supt. R.S. Morgan, no place. They congratulate him for having been empowered to raise a cavalry company. Signed by Edward C. Fox, Captain, Company E; James H. Allen, Captain, Company H; T.W. Clay, Captain, Company G; William P. Bohannon, 2nd Lieutenant, Company E; E.M. Ware, Lieutenant, Company H; S.W. Lane, Lieutenant, Company H; and J [?] Miller, Captain, Company F.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>The Officers of the 5th Virginia Cavalry  Letter was part of the Civil War Collection, Mss. 39.1 C76, until November 2017. The former citation was Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <subject source="lcsh">United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 5th</geogname>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Morgan, R.S.</persname>
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