579 items. 2 items. 98 items. Biography. Civil War Regiments, South Carolina Mss1W7547d.This collection consists primarily of the papers of Governor Henry Alexander Wise of Accomack County. Military Units of Virginia - Research OnLine Willis, Edward Benjamin, Memoirs, 18561925. The Virginia Volunteers were deactivated in 1921 when the Virginia National Guard returned home from World War I. 41 items. Watkins, Richard Henry, Papers, 18611865. Wise, John James Henry, Letter, 1861. L Veterans -- Virginia -- Louisa County. Civil War items include a letter, 26 March 1862, from John C. Wade of Company G of the 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment to his wife, Jane (Edie) Wade, offering a description of the battle of Kernstown; a letter, 13 May 1863, from Jane Wade to her husband concerning, in part, the death of Thomas J. Jackson; a letter, 16 August 1864, to John Wade regarding his brother's wounding and hospitalization at Frederick, Md., and a request for Wade to furnish information on quartermaster's supplies in the Confederate 2d Corps; and a letter, 14 October 1864, to Wade from Charles E. McCluer concerning the unavailability of a post in Christiansburg. Mss2W6752b.This collection consists entirely of the wartime correspondence of Septimus Ligon Williams (18191882) of Company B of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Gen. James W. Ring as 29th Adjutant General of Virginia, Va. National Guard installation officially redesignated Fort Barfoot, Virginia National Guard staged and ready for possible severe weather response operations, VDF holds Multi-day Unit Training Assembly at Fort Pickett, VDF personnel take part in amateur radio group field day, Virginia Defense Force conducts statewide hurricane readiness exercise, Virginia National Guard celebrates 415th birthday, Women veterans recognized during ceremony at Virginia War Memorial, VNG supports the Inauguration of the 74th Governor of Virginia, VNG assists with statewide response for series of winter storms, VDF provides logistics support during VNG winter storm response, Virginia National Guard to stage personnel for possible winter weather response, Virginia National Guard staged, ready for possible winter weather response operations, VDF Officer Candidate School commissions three new officers, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. They were renamed the Virginia Volunteers and guarded bridges, waterways, fuel storage areas and public buildings and facilities. White while serving as an agent for the Confederate Commissary Department for rations for the families of Greene County Confederate soldiers. Photocopy.Written from Union Female Colleage in Danville to "mama," this letter describes the excitement of the outbreak of war and the marathon sewing that has been going on to clothe the local militia companies in time for their departure for Richmond. Confederate Soldiers from the State of Virginia - Evans, Thomas R - Wade's Regiment, Local Defense; Washington County Militia; Wythe County Militia. 1 item. Microfilm reels C496497.Contains the papers of the Wynne family of Spotsylvania County. Regiment mustered out of service on April 2nd, 1865 at Richmond, Virginia. Mss5:5W5876:1. N ], Ala., to the "Surgeon of the Genl hospital, ward 6, Charlottesville, Va." requesting details concerning the death and burial of his son, Lucius L. Whatley of Company I of the 3d Alabama Infantry Regiment, from wounds suffered at the battle of the Wilderness. John has used ORDs parts in all of his truck since the early 2000s (before building rad squarebody trucks was a thing). Mss5:5W1237:1.This volume primarily contains prescriptions compiled by Dr. Peter Wager (d. 1868), a Union Army surgeon who was placed in charge of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (later Eastern State Hospital) in Williamsburg during the Civil War and remained there as superintendent for some time after the conflict ended. The individually cataloged items pertaining to the Civil War, scattered throughout the collection, include letters and orders, 18611865, regarding the supply and operations of the Confederate army in Virginia, political and military personnel assignments, and Confederate medical duties (e1103). Letters between Watkins and his wife, Mary Purnell (Dupuy) Watkins (18391921), account for the largest portion of the collection and include detailed descriptions of camp life, his unit's role in the Peninsula, Maryland, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, and 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaigns, as well as the battles of Seven Pines, the Seven Days, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Bristoe Station, and Cold Harbor, and his wifes life in Prince Edward County during the war (including her involvement in forming a local soldier's aid society) (section 1). Mss2W6734a3.A letter, 24 November 1864, from John Langbourne Williams (18311915) to Robert Alexander Lancaster (18291902) concerning Williams's attempt to purchase United States currency at Columbia, S.C., for use by Confederate agents. Service Records of Virginia Civil War Soldiers - Research Woolwine, Rufus James, Papers, 18611908. Letters, 18611864, between Henry Wise and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Wise) Garnett (18291898), discuss troop movements and fighting in western Virginia in September 1861, the condition of his troops and fighting around Petersburg in 1864, and family news in 1862. Wager, Peter, Commonplace book, 18651866. Weller, Charles Lanstram, Address Book, 1865. Civil War materials in the collection consist of a letter, 13 January 1864, from Richard Henry Watkins (18251905) of Company K of the 3d Virginia Cavalry Regiment to Robert Hall Chilton (18151879) requesting a twenty-day leave of absence; a letter, 1 November 1862, from Richard H. Watkins to J. E. B. Stuart requesting a twenty-day leave of absence to return to his home to replace lost cavalry equipment (section 7); Confederate tax-in-kind receipts, 18631864, issued to Richard H. Watkins for payment in corn, bacon, and fodder (section 9); an undated muster roll of Company K of the 3d Virginia Cavalry; an affidavit, 1 August 1862, of William Allen Carrington (18301866) attesting to Richard H. Watkins's physical unfitness for duty and recommending he receive a thirty-day leave of absence; and Special Order No. 25th-44th-55th (McKoin's) Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment. P 4 items. 1849) of Prince George County. Stephen from Off Road Design offered John and Wades Army the opportunity to partner on this project to outfit this K5 with the gold standard for squarebody parts. 1 item. O Civil War-related items include a letter, 1864, from William Morison Wood (18461943) to his brother, Martin Birney Wood (18441908), concerning the battle of New Market; a letter, 1864, from Elisha W. Cocke of the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment to John O. 1844) of Texas. The collection includes typed transcripts of the letters. Wilson, Laura Cornelia (Jeffress), Papers, 18551872. Included are his descriptions of his service in Company A of the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment (later designated as Company G of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment) at Norfolk in the summer and fall of 1861, of his duty with the Confederate Quartermaster's Department as Confederate uniform manufacturer in Richmond, and of his experiences running the blockade to New York, N.Y., in 1863. Gen. James W. Ring to serve as the 29th Adjutant General of Virginia. 112 items. 1 volume. Typescript. 1 item. WebA Guide to the Department of Confederate Military Records, 1859-1996 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession Number 27684 Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference) Fax: (804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference) The papers of Julia Wickham (Porcher) Wickham (18601933) include letters and the memoirs, 19261927, of Hobart Aisquith (b. 6,500 items. In detailed entries, Whittle records the ship's location, activities aboard the vessel, and its encounters with other ships. WebThe Virginia convention of July 1775, had ordered two regiments of 1000 men to be raised for the Northern Continental Army, and a body of Minute Men for State defense. 25 items. Virginia Eight Confederate Icons Have Places of The letters of Irvin Cross Wills are printed in Three Rebels Write Home: Including the Letters of Edgar Allan Jackson, James Fenton Bryant, Irvin Cross Wills, and Miscellaneous Items (Franklin, Va., 1955), pp. 1844), Letter, 1861. WebHistory of Virginia Regiments, Batteries & Battalions in the Civil War Virginia Regiments, Batteries and Battalions Confederate Regiments & Batteries Virginia Infantry Regiments 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Welby, Mary M. (Coppuck), Autograph Album, 17881903. Mss2W7152a1.A speech, 26 May 1861, delivered by Frederick E. Wimberly at Jeffersonville, Ga., describing the reasons for the outbreak of war and calling for support of the Confederacy. Virginia Division. White, John French, Papers, 18601891. A typed transcript of the diary is included in the collection. 115 items. F Letters between Williams and his wife, Sarah Frances (White) Williams (d. 1912), discuss camp life near Staunton and in Highland County in 1861, family news, and the regiment's activities in the Shenandoah Valley in April 1862. Additional records are described in Virginia in the Civil War and United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Wade | Call of Duty Wiki | Fandom Microfilm reel C623.The diary, 15 January23 May 1864, of John Staige Davis Watson (18411864) of the 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment contains brief daily entries describing incidents of camp life (including the construction of winter quarters), the execution of a Confederate deserter, and his regiment's participation in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and the North Anna River. Included are letters, 18621865, from Whitehead to his family concerning family news and his life as a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio; a letter, 28 January 1864, from George W. Grice to John Whitehead's wife, Frances (Wright) Whitehead, regarding her efforts to receive his pay while he was imprisoned at Johnson's Island; a letter, 1 February 1865, to Amelia (Wright) Whitehead from Thomas B. Jackson of the 3d Virginia concerning John Whitehead's release from prison; a pass, 17 June 1863, issued to Frances Whitehead by the United States War Department permitting her to travel from Norfolk to City Point (now Hopewell); and a parole, 10 April 1865, issued to John Whitehead at Appomattox Court House. 14 items. 8 items. The wartime correspondence of Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham (18211909) includes letters with the following individuals: R. Milton Cary (concerning the delivery of tax-in-kind articles to Bellona Arsenal), W. G. Cazenove of the 3d Virginia District Quartermaster's Office (concerning alterations in the numbers of bushels of corn required for Wickham's tax-in-kind payment), John Daggart (concerning the production of cloth at a factory in Scottsville in November 1864), B. W. Green (concerning the sale of his cabbage crop in February 1864), William W. Harllee ([b. 1 item. The Virginia National Guard staged personnel and equipment for three different winter storms over a two-week period in January 2022 as part of the statewide emergency response. WebRegiment mustered in on June 24th, 1863 at Richmond, Virginia. Entries offer descriptions of the Union evacuation of Norfolk in April 1861, of Wright's duty constructing defenses on the coast of North Carolina, of the fortifications on Roanoke Island, N.C., and of his capture at the battle of Roanoke Island. Other items in the collection include a letter, [?] Mss1W7337a. Photocopy. 1834?) 1 item. Also in the collection is an undated poem by Watson about the battle of Fredericksburg. The letters discuss marches to Halifax, N.C., and Suffolk, and Union military activity on the Peninsula in the spring of 1862, the morale of the Confederate army in May 1862, camp life near Petersburg in August 1864, the battles of the Seven Days, Cedar Mountain, and Reams Station and the Beefsteak raid of September 1864 (b124). 7691. 1 volume. Wells, E. P., Diary, 1862. WebCivil War items include a letter, 26 March 1862, from John C. Wade of Company G of the 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment to his wife, Jane (Edie) Wade, offering a description of the A separate finding aid for this collection is available in the Society's library. Thomas Hutchings and Lt. James Conway, and attached to the 6th Regiment. 5,500 items. The bulk of the materials in the collection, however, consist of the correspondence of two family members in particularHenry Alexander Wise and his son, John Sergeant Wise (18461913). Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense (Confederate) W A diary, 18511882, kept by Maclurg Wickham (18141900), contains brief entries, 18611865, concerning agricultural operations at Woodside and observations on local weather (box 5). Mss2W100a1.A letter, 11 May 1870, from "W" of Richmond to "Willie" concerning a visit to the site of the battle of the Crater near Petersburg (including a sketch of the site), and to Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond. Virginia Defense Force Certain cancers are common household names. of Company C of the 56th Virginia Infantry Regiment (concerning his service at Chaffin's Bluff in the spring of 1864 and his experiences at Bermuda Hundred during the Petersburg campaign), and William H. Young (b.