Box Small Collections Box 5
Contains 39 Results:
Inventory, 1934
Typed tissue carbon of the inventory of Jonathan Bryan's library as part of his estate. Includes titles and authors. Dated June 1, 1934. 20 pages.
Articles
This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.
Obituary of Benjamin S. Ewell, undated
Photostat.
Manassas to Seven Pines, undated
Negative and positive photostats.
Photostats of pages from Boatner's Civil War Dictionary, undated
Negative and positive photostatst.
The Conquest Banner Poem, undated
This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.
Historie de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. LeComte De Paris , undated
Photostat of the cover page of the Historie de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. LeComte De Paris [Louis Phillippe Albert d'Orleans (1838 - 1894)].
A View of the Constitution of the United States of America , undated
Photostat of the cover page of A View of the Constitution of the United States of America by William Rawle (Philadelphia, 1829) with an autograph of Benjamin S. Ewell.
Photographs and Sketches
This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.
The Hospital on the Battlefield of Williamsburg - Union and Confederate Surgeons Attending Sketch, 1898
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Hospital on the Battlefield of Williamsburg - Union and Confederate Surgeons Attending" -- sketched by Private Fortescue.
"The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., on the Peninsula Between York and James Rivers, May 6, 1862", 1898
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., on the Peninsula Between York and James Rivers, May 6, 1862" -- sketched by A. Waud.
Advance of the Union Army on the Road between Yorktown and Williamsburg-The Telegraph Corps Raising the Wire, 1898
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.:"Advance of the Union Army on the Road between Yorktown and Williamsburg-The Telegraph Corps Raising the Wire" -- sketched by Thomas Nast [1862].
Sketches: The "Swamp Angel"; The Storming of the Engine House; The Night Assault on Battery Wagner, Vera Cruz; and National Bridge., undated
This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.
Letter, 1861 July 5
L.W. Fisk, Capt. Crescent Rifles, Warwick Co., Va., to Major W.H. Rightor, Commanding Louisiana Battalion. Fisk describes an encounter of his infantry detachment of 100 men under Col. Dreux against a Federal detachment and a few horsemen near Newport News, Va. He takes over the command when Col. Dreux is killed. However, the enemy fled which prevented carrying out Col. Dreux' command.