Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.Letters concern Robert Young...

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Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.

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Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.

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Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to "Charlie," Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.

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Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.

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Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.

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Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.

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Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.

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Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.

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Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.

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Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.

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Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.

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Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the "Big Spring" near Mr. Gray's.

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States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.

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Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.

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Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.