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Box 3

 Container

Contains 71 Results:

Miss? E.S. Booth to Cousin, 1855 November 26

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: id174391
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.

Dates: 1855 November 26

Harriet P. Sheldon, Williamsburg Va. to Maria Curtis Jones cousin-in-law, 1857 March 23

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: id174392
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.

Dates: 1857 March 23

John L. Manning, Warner Hall Gloucester County, Va. to Col. Warner T. Jones, 21 Reg. Va. Militia, 1859 October 18

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: id174394
Scope and Contents

Projected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.

Dates: 1859 October 18

Henry Dent, Louisville, Ky. to Madame ?, 1860 August 15

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: id174395
Scope and Contents

Payment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.

Dates: 1860 August 15

Army of the Confederate States of America form, 186?

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: id174396

Jno. T. Hibble, Tappahonic to Col. Warner T. Jones, 1861 January 22

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: id174398
Scope and Contents

Upon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.

Dates: 1861 January 22

William Fauntleroy Cocke to brother Thomas L.P. Cocke, Cartersville Va., June 1861

 Item — Box: 3
Identifier: id174399
Scope and Contents

Family news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.

Dates: June 1861

William Fauntleroy Cocke, Manassas' Station to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, Cartersville, Va., 1861 June 17

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 34
Identifier: id174400
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.

Dates: 1861 June 17

William Fauntleroy Cocke, Fairfax to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, Cartersville, Va., 1861 July 9

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: id174402
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. "Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism." Agriculture.

Dates: 1861 July 9

William Fauntleroy Cocke, Camp near Centreville, Va. to Tom Thomas L.P. Cocke, 1861 August 7

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 37
Identifier: id174406
Scope and Contents

Letter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.

Dates: 1861 August 7

William Fauntleroy Cocke to Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Cartersville Va., 1862 February 5

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 40
Identifier: id174414
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead (including letters written by Mrs. Thomas Feilde); business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of "Bremo," Henrico County, Virginia and of "Oakland," Cumberland County, Virginia; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).Also included are five volumes of farm and...
Dates: 1862 February 5

Thomas L.P. Cocke to Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, Oakland, 1862 May 4

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 42
Identifier: id174420
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.

Dates: 1862 May 4

Thomas L.P. Cocke, White Oak Swamp, Va. to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, 1862 July 3

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 44
Identifier: id174422
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.

Dates: 1862 July 3

Edmund R. Cocke, Camp near Guinea Guney Station? to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, 1863 January 26

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 46
Identifier: id174434
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.

Dates: 1863 January 26

William Fauntleroy Cocke, Camp near Guinea Guiney Station? to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, 1863 January 30

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 47
Identifier: id174437
Scope and Contents

Their man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.

Dates: 1863 January 30

Thomas L.P. Cocke, General Hospital, Richmond, to mother Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, 1863 February 12

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 49
Identifier: id174443
Scope and Contents

Attempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.

Dates: 1863 February 12