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Forbes Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
This collection contains the Civil War letters of the Forbes family of Buckingham County, Virginia, which includes letters written by John R. Forbes (18th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army), Claude O. Forbes (57th Virginia Infantry), William H. Forbes (18th Virginia Infantry), P.A. Forbes (civilian in Buckingham County, Va.) and Benjamin P. Smith (18th Virginia Infantry). The topics include the health of soldiers, requesting food and clothing, hired enslaved individuals, black soldiers as pickets at Petersburg, and desertions.
The collection contains the following items:
Item 1: William H. Forbes, at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia, to Claudius Forbes, 1862 April 3.
Item 2: P.A. Forbes, at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, to Claud Forbes, 1862 November 10.
Item 3: P.A. Forbes, at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, to Claud Forbes, 1862 November 19.
Item 4: P.A. Forbes, at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, to Claud Forbes, 1862 December 8.
Item 5: Daniel W. Mosely, at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, to [?] Forbes, 1862 December 18.
Item 6: Rucker and Hamner, at Lynchburg, Virginia, to [?] Forbes, 1863 September 10.
Item 7: Rucker and Hamner, at Lynchburg, Virginia, to [?] Forbes, 1863 September 15.
Item 8: Isaac A. Linnens, at the General Hospital, Farmville, Virginia, to "Fobbs" (Forbes), 1864 September 1. Note: Forbes is pronounced "Fobbs" in Southside, Virginia.
Item 9: John R. Forbes, in the trenches between Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, to his aunt, 1864 October 24.
Item 10: John R. Forbes, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to his aunt Lizzie, 1864 November 8.
Item 11: John R. Forbes, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to his aunt, 1864 November 30.
Item 12: Benjamin P. Smith to "Fobs" (i.e. Forbes), 1864 November.
Item 13: C.O. Forbes, at Camp Lee, to his wife, Lizzie Forbes, 1864 December 2.
Item 14: C.O. Forbes, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to his wife, Lizzie Forbes, 1864 December 11.
Item 15: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Infantry, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 January 5.
Item 16: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 January 19.
Item 17: John R. Forbes, Army of Northern Virginia, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to his aunt, 1865 January 23.
Item 18: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 February 2.
Item 19: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 February 15.
Item 20: C.O. Forbes to Fannie. Note: On same sheet as item 19.
Item 21: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, Chesterfield County, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 February 26-27.
Item 22: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, Chesterfield County, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 March 2.
Item 23: C.O. Forbes, at Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 March 11.
Item 24: C.O. Forbes, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 March 14.
Item 25: C.O. Forbes, in camp, 57th Virginia Regiment, Hanover County, Virginia, to Lizzie Forbes, 1865 March 17.
Item 26: C.O. Forbes to his wife, Lizzie Forbes, undated.
Item 27: John R. Forbes to his uncle, undated
Item 28: A letter from a wife to her husband, undated. Note: on same sheet as item 27.