Charles A. Wills of Bedford County, Virginia served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, specifically in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I).
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Wills Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Correspondence, 1863-1864, of Mary J. Wills, Bedford County, Virginia with her husband, Charles A. Wills of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Company I). Also includes letters to Mary J. Wills from her brothers, John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley, and correspondence of her sister Sarah F. Foster with her husband Habun R. Foster. John A. Bradley and Joseph M. Bradley served in the 58th Virginia Infantry and Habun R. Foster served in the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The Battle of Second Manassas is described as is the battleground at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). The collection includes a letter from Robert A. Bradley of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
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Item 1: Sally Bradley, Bedford Co., Va., to Mary J. Wills, Flat Top Mountain, Bedford Co., Va., May 15, 1859
Item 2: John A. Bradley, Camp Valley Mills, Augusta, Va., to "brother and sister," Charles A. and Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1862
Item 3: John A. Bradley, "in camp," Staunton P.O., Augusta County, Va., Company K, 58th Regiment, Va. Vols., to "brother," Charles A. Wills, May 28, 1862
Item 4: Habun R. Foster, camp near Chaffin Cliff, Va., to Mary J. Wills, July 26, 1862
Item 5: Habun R. Foster, Camp on Chaffin farm, Va., to "brother," Charles A. Wills, September 11, 1862
Item 6: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Bunkers Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, to "sister," Mary J. Wills, October 11, 1862
Item 7: Robert A. Bradley, 58th Va. Inf. Regiment, Camp Forest, Jefferson County, Va., to "sister," [?], October 30, 1862
Item 8: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to "sister," Martha A. Overstreet, December 9, 1862
Item 9: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., to "sister," Martha A. Overstreet, January 27, 1863
Item 10: Charles A. Wills, Camp Lee, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 15, 1863
Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Staunton, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 5, 1863
Item 12: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvannia County, Va., to "sister," Martha A. Overstreet, March 24, 1863
Item 13: Charles A. Wills, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 31, 1863
Item 14: Charles A. Wills, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 13, 1863
Item 15: John A. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania Co., Va., to "sister," Sarah F. Foster, April 14, 1863
Item 16: Habun R. Foster, camp near Petersburg, Va., to "wife," Sarah F. Foster, April 17, 1863
Item 17: Charles A. Wills, Crosskeys Blackwater, [Va.?], to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1863
Item 18: Joseph M. Bradley, camp near Hamilton's Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va., to "sister," Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863
Item 19: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to "wife," Sarah F. Foster, April 27, 1863
Item 20: Charles A. Wills, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 30, 1863
Item 21: Matti, to "brother," May 1, 1863
Item 22: Charles A. Wills, Henrico Co. Camp, "7 miles of Richmond," Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, May 10, 1863
Item 23: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to "wife," Sarah F. Foster, May 13, 1863
Item 24: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 13, 1863
Item 25: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near "the Junksion," Va., to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863
Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Hanover Co., near "the Junction," Va. to Mary J. Wills, May 18, 1863
Item 27: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to "wife," Sarah F. Foster, May 19, 1863
Item 28: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to "wife," Sarah F. Foster, May 21, 1863
Item 29: Mary J. Wills, Beford Co., Va., to "husband," Charles A. Wills, 22 May 1863
Item 30: Charles A. Wills, camp near Hanover Junction, Hanover Co., Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, May 24, 1863
Item 31: Habun R. Foster, "Camp at the White House on the Pumukee River," Va., to Sarah F. Foster, May 28, 1863
Item 32: Charles A. Wills, Camp near Taylorsville, Hanover Co., Va., to "Wife," Mary J. Wills, May 28, 1863
Item 33: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to "husband," Charles A. Wills, June 1, 1863
Item 34: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, June 2, 1863
Item 35: Habun R. Foster, Glens Bluff, New Kent Co., Va., to "sister," Mary J. Wills, June 3, 1863
Item 36: Charles A. Wills, Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, June 7, 1863
Item 37: Charles A. Wills, "camp near the Courthouse," Culpeper Co., Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, June 12, 1863
Item 38: Mary J. Wills, Bedford Co., Va., to "husband," Charles A. Wills, June 14, 1863 Incomplete.
Item 39: Charles A. Wills, Pennsylvania, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, June 26, 1863
Item 40: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital Division, 2nd Ward, Richmond, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, July 23, 1863 2pp. ALS.
Item 1: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, July 29, 1863
Item 2: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, July 30, 1863
Item 3: Joseph M. Bradley, Camp Forest, Va., to "sister," Mary J. Wills, August 1, 1863
Item 4: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, August 4, 1863
Item 5: Charles A. Wills, Winder Hospital, 2nd Division, Richmond, Va., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, August 6, 1863
Item 6: Habun R. Foster, Camp Randolph, Va., to "wife," Sarah Foster, August 13, 1863
Item 7: Charles A. Wills, Chimborazo Hospital, 3rd Division, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, August 18, 1863
Item 8: Habun R. Foster, Camp Wassoo [?], Charleston, South Carolina, to "brother and sister," Charles A. Wills and Mary J. Wills, November 12, 1863
Item 9: Charles A. Wills, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1863
Item 10: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, January 9, 1864
Item 11: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, January 22, 1864
Item 12: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, January 26, 1864
Item 13: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, January 28, 1864
Item 14: Charles A. Wills, Kinston, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, January 29, 1864
Item 15: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 12, 1864
Item 16: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N. C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 16, 1864
Item 17: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 22, 1864
Item 18: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N. C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 27, 1864
Item 19: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, February 29, 1864
Item 20: Charles A. Wills, camp near Kinston, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 3, 1864
Item 21: Charles A. Wills, Smithfield, N.C., on the Cape Fear River, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 7, 1864
Item 22: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 14, 1864
Item 23: Charles A. Wills, camp near Smithfield, N. C. to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 18, 1864
Item 24: Charles A. Wills, camp near Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 25, 1864
Item 25: Habun R. Foster, Youngs Island, to "sister," Mary J. Wills, March 27, 1864
Item 26: Charles A. Wills, Goldsboro, N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, March 30, 1864
Item 27: Charles A. Wills, camp near Tarboro, to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 4, 1864
Item 28: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth [N.C.], to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 22, 1864
Item 29: Charles A. Wills, camp near Plymouth on Roanoke River," N.C., to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 24, 1864 Including a hand-drawn map of camp area.
Item 30: Charles A. Wills, "on a march," to "wife," Mary J. Wills, April 29, 1864
Item 31: John A. Bradley, Camp Summerville Foard, Orange County, Va., to "sister," Mary J. Wills, December 28, 1864
Item 32: Mary J. Wills, to her husband, Charles A. Wills, Incomplete. Describes some of the scene at the Batte of Vicksburg
Item 33: 7 items, undated
Item 34: Newspaper clipping, 2 10 cent stamps, circa 1864
Item 35: "Old Traitor Jeff," by J.E.H. Song.