Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale
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Scope and Contents
Letter written by Henry E. Edmunds to Claiborne G. Barksdale, a member of the 14th Virginia Regiment, about the patriotic fervor of the early days of the American Civil War, shortly after Virginia ceded from the Union the month before. In the letter, Edmunds wrote of Barksdale joining the Virginia troops, how Edmunds would make a great soldier if he was younger, a local man named Townes gathering up troops to join the fight, and the great condition of the wheat crop.
Dates
- Creation: 1861 May 22
Creator
- Edmunds, Henry E. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use:
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.
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2014.013 was recieved by Special Collections in January 2014.
Physical Description
24.5 cm x 18.5 cm
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2014.
Subject
- Barksdale, Claiborne G (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist.
- Date
- 2014-02-26
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository