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George F. Shepley Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00343
Scope and Contents
A letter from George F. Shepley, Brigadier General, in Norfolk, Virginia to Lt. Col. G. A. Kensel, Chief of Staff, concerns rumors of a possible raid by Wade Hampton on Portsmouth, Virginia. He arrested William A. Moppin, who admitted he had been gathering information at the request of James Arthur. He has also arrested Arthur. He asks if he should send them up for Benjamin Butler to examine. A typescript is included.
Dates:
1864 October 13
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Scrapbook (Portsmouth, Va.)
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Sc27
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, 1854-1887, of an unidentified person containing newspaper clippings. The volume includes a handwritten note about the evacuation of Portsmouth, Virginiaa. and Norfolk, Virginia in 1862. The clippings were pasted over a journal (account book), of Cocke and Brothers, merchants, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Dates:
1838-1887
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center