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Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B85
Scope and Contents Papers, 1780-1929, of the Brown, Coalter, Tucker families including the papers of John Coalter (1769-1838), Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, and John Thompson Brown (1802-1836), member of the Virginia House of Delegates.Among the correspondents are Maria (Rind) Coalter, St. George Tucker, William Munford, Frances Bland (Tucker) Coalter, St. George Tucker Coalter, Frances Bland (Coalter) Brown, the Rev. Moses D. Hoge, and Henry Peronneau Brown.This...
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Campbell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 C16
Scope and Contents Papers of four generations of the Campbell family of Orange Co., Va. including correspondence of William Campbell (1755-1823). His papers pertain to Revolutionary pensions, bounty land claims, the War of 1812, his superintendency of the Virginia State Penitentary, and his estate and includes a diary of a trip to Kentucky in 1798. There are also papers (correspondence and accounts) of his wife, Mrs. Susan Campbell and their children. The collection includes papers of the Graves family and...
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Harriette Cary Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D24
Scope and Contents

Diary, May 6-July 23, 1862, of Harriette Cary which concerns the occupation of Williamsburg, Va. by Union troops following the Battle of Williamsburg. 27 p. Also includes a partial transcription published in Tylers' Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume IX (1928) and reprinted by Kraus Reprint Corporation (1967) as well as correspondence with a descendant.

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Ella Casaday Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00392
Scope and Contents 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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Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 C76
Scope and Contents The Civil War Collection is an artificial collection of material, chiefly 1861-1865, pertaining to the American Civil War including items from both Union and Confederate forces. The collection includes official correspondence, general and special orders, descriptions of campaigns and battles, articles concerning the war, and artifacts. There are pardons, poems, songs, autographs, maps, muster rolls, pen and ink sketches of camp life, engineers' drawings, and a memorandum of signals used by...
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Robert C. DeCordy Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D29
Scope and Contents

Diary, October 5-November 11, 1863, of Robert C. DeCordy, acting as 3rd assistant engineer, U. S. S. Philadelphia, while the side-wheeled steamer was serving in the Union blockade squadron near Charleston, South Carolina. The volume includes sketches of maps of Charleston, sketches of ships, and newspaper clippings relating to the siege of Charleston.

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Charles H. Dimmock Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 D59
Scope and Contents Papers, 1826-1872, of Charles Dimmock and Charles Henry Dimmock. Includes sketch of the life of Charles H. Dimmock; a manuscript volume containing a journal of a voyage from Norfolk to Madeira and farm journal of "Shabby Hall," Gloucester County, Va.; travel diary, 1826, of Charles Dimmock concerning travels in Venice and Germany; and papers concerning the service of Charles Henry Dimmock in the engineer's corps in the Confederate Army, some of which include work at Yorktown, Va. and having...
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Fletcher Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 00216
Scope and Contents Three letterpress copy books of the Fletcher Family.  The books are written by a woman, possibly from Georgia. The writer is an ancestor of the donor, Dr. John S. Fletcher.  Partial signatures suggest Joan and Hownick. Msv. 1 has some water damage and much faded ink.  Cover unattached.  Includes a few pages of transcript from letters written from Richmond, Virginia from July 22-26, 1861.  Carbon paper in back of book.  July-September 1861. Describes traveling from...
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Louis Fortescue Diary

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Identifier: Mss. MsV D30
Scope and Contents Diary written by Louis Fortescue, a Captain of the Signal Corps, while a Union Prisoner of War at the "Asylum Prison" in Columbia, South Carolina up to his arrival in his home state, probably Pennsylvania.  Dates from January 11 - March 12, 1865.  He writes about the prison conditions, food and treatment of prisoners at both the Asylum Prison and the prison in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Beginning February 14, he and 550 officers travel on the top of a train to Charlotte, NC from Columbia,...
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Augustus C. Golding Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 94 G56
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers, dated 1859-1934, but mainly 1862-1864, of Augustus C. Golding (also spelled as Goldin and , Golden). It includes letters, a letterbook, diaries, documents, pension papers, printed materials, and photographs. All items relate to Golding's service in the Union Army, 1861-1864, in Northern Virginia, on the Virginia peninsula, and in Maryland. Golding's letters to family and friends describe troop movements, battles, camp conditions, his health, a hospital,...
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Diaries 32
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 28
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries 17
Correspondence 14
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 12
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Financial records 9
Photographs 8
Legal documents 7
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Receipts (financial records) 6
Peninsular Campaign, 1862 5
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 5
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 5
Account books 4
College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 4
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 4
Scrapbooks 4
Typescripts 4
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives 4
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 4
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 3
Fredericksburg (Va.), Battle of, 1862 3
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 3
Maps 3
Poems 3
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Transcripts 3
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans 3
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons 3
United States--History--War of 1812 3
United States. Navy--History--Civil War 3
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 3
Virginia--Politics and Government 3
Agendas (administrative records) 2
American diaries--Women authors 2
Education--Virginia--History--19th century 2
Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century 2
Genealogy 2
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Letter books 2
Manuscripts (document genre) 2
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Orders (military records) 2
Reports 2
Slavery--Virginia--History 2
Speeches 2
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps 2
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music 2
United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848 2
United States--Politics and Government 2
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Virginia--Maps 2
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Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862 2
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World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area 2
African Americans--History--19th century 1
African Americans--Virginia--James City County 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Agriculture--Virginia--19th century 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History 1
American Civil War, 1861-1865 1
American Revolution--Veterans 1
American newspapers--Virginia--Norfolk 1
American poetry--19th century 1
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 1
Architecture, Domestic--Virginia 1
Athletics--Field Hockey 1
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
Barbour County (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century. 1
Blackwater, Battle of, 1863 1
Bounties, Military--United States 1
Buildings and Grounds--Sculptures--Statue of Lord Botetourt 1
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va.,1862 1
Camp Allen (Jamestown Island, Va.) 1
Campaigns 1
Canal Zone 1
Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863 1
Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 1
Columbia (Ga.)--History--19th century 1
Commonplace books 1
Compromise of 1850 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Engineer's Corps 1
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 30th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 4th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 13th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 14th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 21st--History 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 55th 1
Connecticut--History--19th century 1
Cookery, American 1
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century 1
Culpeper County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 4
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 3
Coalter, John, 1769-1838 2
Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 2
Randolph, John, 1773-1833 2
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Tucker family 2
Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848 2
Tyler Family 2
Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 2
Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855 1
Aubin, Joshua Harris 1
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 1
Beeckman, Margaret Gardiner, d. 1857 1
Blankenship family 1
Booth family 1
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Coalter, and Tucker Family 1
Brown, Frances Bland Coalter, 1835-1894 1
Brown, Henry Peronneau, 1883-1942 1
Bryan, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter, b. 1805 1
Bryan, John Randolph, 1806-1887 1
Campbell family 1
Campbell, Susan, Mrs. 1
Campbell, William, 1755-1823 1
Casaday, Ella 1
Chaffee, Sarah Lamb 1
Coalter family 1
Coalter, Judith H. Tomlin, d. 1859 1
Coalter, Maria Rind, d. 1792 1
Coalter, St. George Tucker, 1809-1839 1
Coleman family 1
Coleman, Emma Cornelia Parran 1
Coleman, Reuben Lindsay 1
Copland, Charles 1
Coulter family 1
Dimmock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1831-1873 1
Dimmock, Charles Henry, 1831-1873 1
Dimmock, Charles, d. 1863 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Ellis, Pearl Tyler, 1860-1947 1
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894 1
Galucia, Warren B., 1834-1902 1
Gantt, Thomas T. (Thomas Tasker), 1814-1889 1
Gardiner Family 1
Gardiner, Alexander, d. 1850 1
Gardiner, David Lyon 1
Gardiner, Juliana McLachlan, d. 1864 1
Gilmer Family 1
Gilmer, Anne Baker 1
Gilmer, Thomas Walker 1
Glennan, Edward Keville 1
Golden family 1
Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 1
Graves family 1
Greene family 1
Greene, Cloe Tyler Whittle, 1843-1925 1
Greene, John Newport, 1842-1902 1
Haile, Robert Gaines, 1832-1862 1
Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902 1
Harrison family 1
Higgins, M.L. 1
Hill, A. P. (A. Powell) 1
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1
Hoge, Moses Drury, 1818-1899 1
Ingraham, John Dickinson 1
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 1
James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.) 1
John, L. Little 1
Johnston, George Ben, 1853-1916 1
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891 1
Kummer, S. Agnes 1
Lamb, Sarah Anne Chaffee, b. 1837 1
Lamb, William, 1838-1909 1
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 1
Longwood University 1
Magurk, M. E. 1
Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871 1
Maury family 1
Maury, James, Sr., 1718-1769 1
McLeod-Tyler Family 1
Memphis Medical College, Memphis, Tenn 1
Millington family 1
Millington, John, 1779-1868 1
Munford, William, 1775-1825 1
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728 1
Parran, William S., d. 1862 1
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 1
Peticolas, C. L. Southern Cross 1
Pleasants, John Hampden, 1797-1846 1
Randolph, Judith Randolph, fl. 1792-1813 1
Ritchie family 1
Ritchie family. 1
Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870 1
Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854 1
Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868 1
Scandrett, Henry Alexander, 1843- 1883 1
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