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A letter from Sally Park (Turner) Alexander, Park Forest [?] to “Aunt Betsy” [?], Texas. She sSends news of relatives and local happenings to “Aunt Betsy” in Texas. Typescript included.

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A letter from Norfleet Smith, 1st Lieut., Co “G”, 3rd N.C. Cavalry, Barringer’s Brigade to Major Brien, near Petersburg, Va. He requests 12 hour leave of absence to visit Petersburg to attend to business matters. He is including a note granting permission by order of Lt. Col. Moore, signed by L.S. Warren.

Scope and Contents A letter from Mark T. Alexander, Head Quarters, Rosser’s Cavalry Division, C.S.A. to his mother, Sally Park (Turner) Alexander, no place. He reports his division had gone to Middleburg and has taken 225 prisoners. He discusses the New Creek, W.VA. raid and tells of the controversy over the order to send back all able bodied men. General Thomas L. Rosser has treated Gen. Fitzhugh Lee “very discourteously” by sending back all of his Hd.Qtrs. Rosser is surrounded by men who “would black his...

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A list of 217 persons enslaved by Mark Alexander Senior of Mecklenburg County, Va., on the day of the surrender of the Army of Virginia by Gen. Robert E. Lee, giving names, ages, sex, and occupations.

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A letter from Sally Park (Turner) Alexander, no place, to her daughter Nannie, no place. She relates family news. Xerox copy.

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This collection contains the diary of a patient named Binnie in Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine. She describes her life on the ward, her treatments, and the movements of other patients on and off of her ward.

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Property listing of lots in Virginia with their improvements, dwelling houses, and enslaved persons.

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A document signed by G. Lamb, Government Agent, Richmond, VA, for the receipt of an enslaved man named Jack, owned by John J. Ferris, to work on fortifications at and near Richmond, by order of Lt. Col. Walter Husted Stevens, Chief Engineer, D.N.V.

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A letter from St. Leger Landon Carter, no place, to Dr. Beverley R. Wellford, Fredericksburg, Va., in which he sends payment for his account and questions the medical bill. "My stomach has been a pillbox for 20 years, but I have no recollection of taking 300 at a time." He also questions the treatment of slaves: "I find that you gave Pleasants 200 somethings (I wish they had been lashes) and subjected her to the jackscrew..."

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Letters to his parents, sisters and brother telling about his experiences.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the diary of Lucian B. Dickerson, a doctor who served during World War I. He is first stationed at a hospital in Roselle, New Jersey. For a brief while he was also stationed at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. He set sail from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the RMS Aurania on January 8, 1918. During the journey, he describes the damage from the Halifax Explosion, which had happened approximately a month previous. Once in Europe, he describes his journeys with the advancing U.S....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the diary of Ella Casaday of Tompkins County, New York, who was approximately 17 years old during 1864. She writes about the Civil War and its effects on her hometown, including political parties, hearing a "war sermon," the election of 1864, and other actions of Lincoln. She also wrote about her daily life, including religion, her schooling, a marriage between two African Americans, and relationships with friends and family. Finally, the diary also includes mention...

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The certificate of volunteer enlistment of Martin V. Brownlee, at Wellsburg, Brooke County, VA [W. VA], into the Army of the United States of America for a period of three years.

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The enlisted certificate of Richard Holt Vaughn of Chesterfield Co., VA, for service into the Confederate States Marine Corps.

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The court order authorizes a contribution of two thousand dollars to equip and pay certain expenses of the volunteers from Wise Co., VA, to serve in the Confederate Army.

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Return for the Engineer Dept. of the 2nd Division, 1st Regt., VA Volunteers, approved by Albert G. Blanchard.

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Piedmont Rail Road Way Bill for the Confederate States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is a booklet of anti-Union cartoons drawn by an unidentified "quondam Virginian." The drawings include the following titles: The Flight from Harrisburg, Lincoln at Dinner. Meditating on the division of the spoils, Gen Winfield shooting off the big guns of the government with the recent inaugural for a porte-fire, "The Virginia Dare -(not)" Ship of the line, and "Last scene of all that ends this strange Pictorial History. Virginia's degradation." A schematic on the back of...

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The original pencil sketch of Mary Ann Bowden, aged 15 years, was drawn by a Union soldier during the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5-6, 1862. It was presented to Governor Morgan of New York by Lewis Post of Seneca County, New York, on May 26, 1862, Williamsburg College Hospital.

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The resolution letter from McHenry Howard, President, and William L. Ritter, Secretary, of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in Baltimore, Maryland, recognizes the death of General Samuel Cooper, late Adjunct and Inspector General of the Confederate Army.

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The discharge letter for Jacob Bumgarner excuses him from duty in Captain Bradley's company, 2nd Regiment of the 7th Brigade of V.M. The document is signed by Caspar C. Hurkel, Surgeon.

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The Army of the Confederate States certificate declares E.V. Hevun [?] unfit for duty due to an injury. He served under Captain W. Dubose's Company H, 43rd Alabama Regiment, Gracie's Brigade. The form originates from the Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va.