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Hatfield Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Purchase: 110 items, 5/07/1939.
Letters, 1845-1890, received chiefly by Emma Virginia "Ginnie" (Frye) Hatfield of Rockingham County and Augusta County, Virginia and West Virginia from her brothers Hiram E. "Hiley" Hatfield of Georgia, who served in the Civil War in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment; and John F. Hatfield, who also served in the Civil War under the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment. There are also many letters to Ginny from her brother-in-law and sister, James W. Thomas and Mary M. "Molly" Thomas of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Subjects covered in the letters include Confederate camp conditions and Civil War battles, maintaining a household during and after the war, and the daily lives of men and women.
This collection is organized into 2 Series. Series 1 contains letters; and Series 2 contains envelopes.
ArrangementThis collection is arranged chronologically by date.
Letters from her brothers, John F. Hatfield while serving in the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment and Hiram "Hiley" E. Hatfield while serving in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment as well as letters from her sister Mary "Molley" Hatfield Thomas. Folder also includes letters written to their father, A. F. Hatfield.
Includes letters from Hiram "Hiley" E. Hatfield while serving in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment as well as letters from her sister Mary "Molley" M. Hatfield Thomas and her husband James W. Thomas. Also letters written by E. Jones Armstrong and Jane Scott (describing her wedding).
Includes letters from brother Hiram "Hiley" E. Hatfield of Cass County, Georgia as well as letters from her sister Mary "Molley" M. Hatfield Thomas. Includes a letter written by father A. F. Hatfield as well as a letter from Mary M. Hatfield Thomas discussing the death of A. F. Hatfield.
Includes letters from her sister Mary "Molley" M. Hatfield Thomas and husband James W. Thomas and brother Hiram "Hiley" E. Hatfield as well as J. W. Bryan, Co. K, 31st Virginia Regiment and E. Jones Armstrong, 31st Virginia Regiment, and Annie Samprell.