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Contains 66 Results:

Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow, Dover, Tennessee, to General John B. Floyd, Clarkesville, Tennessee, 1861 February 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153274
Scope and Contents

Concerning enemy forces on the Tennessee River and Pillow's position and strategy.

Dates: 1861 February 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

General William Hardee, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to John B. Floyd, 1862 February 10

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153276
Scope and Contents

Is sending special messenger.

Dates: 1862 February 10
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Samuel Cooper, Adjutant Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Va., to John B. Floyd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1862 March 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153282
Scope and Contents

Transmitting of letter from the Secretary of War.

Dates: 1862 March 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

William Preston, Dacatur, Ga. [?], to General John B. Floyd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1862 March 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153287
Scope and Contents

Requests Floyd to prepare a report of his activities from the time he was left in command at Nashville until he arrived at Murfreesboro. This letter published in War of the Rebellion. (Note: The date is written as 1863, but is in fact 1862.)

Dates: 1862 March 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Charles James Faulkner, Lynchburg, Va., to General John B. Floyd, 1862 June 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153290
Scope and Contents

Concerns the war in the Valley of Virginia and the desire of Capt. Joel W. Flood of Appomattox County to raise a company.

Dates: 1862 June 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Allen Taylor Caperton, Union, Monroe County, Va. [W. Va.], to Major General J.B. Floyd, 1862 June 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153295
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Recommends Jacob Osborne of Monroe County, lately a lieutenant in a volunteer company, to Floyd's consideration. Including an answer from A. A. Chapman, undated, concurring with the above reommendation.

Dates: 1862 June 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Augustus Alexandria Chapman, Union, Monroe County, Va., to General John B. Floyd, 1862 June 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153299
Scope and Contents

Recommendation of superior nature of Col. John M. Rowan; gossip about the failures of Henry Heth's command following the battle of Lewisburg, Va. in 1862.

Dates: 1862 June 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Roger Atkinson Pryor, Richmond, Va., to General John B. Floyd, 1862 June 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153301
Scope and Contents

Concerning an introduction of Captain Davis.

Dates: 1862 June 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

R.B. Cheatham, Mayor, Nashville, Tennessee, to John B. Floyd, 1862 July 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153303
Scope and Contents

Describes looting in Nashville.

Dates: 1862 July 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

D.P. Curry, Richmond, Va., to Governor John Letcher, 1862 August 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153306
Scope and Contents

Hopes to arrange his exchange as a prisoner from "Lincoln's shackles," and will then be able to enter service again. Since he has been wounded, desires position in John B. Floyd's army. Including answer from John Letcher, 17 Aug. 1862, referring Curry's request to Maj. General John B. Floyd, and recommending Curry as an "excellent officer... cool and energetic."

Dates: 1862 August 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

William Daniel, Jr., Lynchburg, Va., to Major General John B. Floyd, 1862 August 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153307
Scope and Contents

Recommends Lieut. Henry D. Yancey of Lynchburg for an appointment in the army under Floyd.

Dates: 1862 August 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

John and Ben McCulloch to Gov. and Mrs. John Floyd, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153312
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Card of invitation of Sir William Gore and Lady Ouseley to Governor and Mrs. John B. Floyd for dinner, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153314
Scope and Contents

Card of invitation of Sir William Gore and Lady Ouseley to Governor and Mrs. John B. Floyd for dinner.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

William Campbell Preston, Charlottesville, Va., to "Sally"Mrs. Sarah B. Floyd, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153315
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Presbyterian Synod, the house, and family.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

William H. Seward, n.p., to Governor John B. Floyd, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153316
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 3: Correspondence

Folder 4: Memorandum book of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Floyd , 1858-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id153320
Scope and Contents

Listing residents of Washington D.C. by street, with notation on (dates called on), and with separate lists for diplomats and "Bachelors"

Dates: 1858-1859
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1831-1860

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152739
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.

Dates: 1831-1860
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id152763
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.

Dates: 1861
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1862, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id153271
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.

Dates: 1862, undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers

Charles Clement Johnston, Washington, D.C., to John B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., 1831 December 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152740
Scope and Contents

Concerning "your" Pattonsburg's [?] suit; how are things in Richmond? the Tariff issue; the proposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States; and the concenrs of the South and its representatives, particularly Virginia.

Dates: 1831 December 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

Notation concerning the presentation of a medal to Major General Winfield Scott, 1849 February 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152741
Scope and Contents

Notation concerning the presentation of a medal to Major General Winfield Scott for services in the Mexican war, crediting the text to Floyd's "daughter" Eliza M. Johnston. Signed by John B. Floyd.

Dates: 1849 February 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

Benjamin Huger, Bvt. Col. U.S.A., Fort Monroe Arsenal, Va., to John B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., 1850 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152742
Scope and Contents

Regrets he cannot be present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Richmond. Is sending fireworks in care of Capt. Charles Dimmock.

Dates: 1850 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Washington, D.C., to Governor John B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., 1850 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152743
Scope and Contents

Regrets he cannot be present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Richmond.

Dates: 1850 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

James Murray Mason, Washington, D.C. to John B. Floyd, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 1850 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152744
Scope and Contents

Regrets he cannot be present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington monument in Richmond.

Dates: 1850 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence

William Ballard Preston, Washington, D.C., to John B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., 1850 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id152745
Scope and Contents

Is prevented by sickness from attending the ceremony unveiling the Washington Monument at Richmond on 22 February..

Dates: 1850 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Buchanan Floyd Papers / Folder 1: Correspondence