Guide to the Captain Sally Tompkins Collection , SC 00700

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Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Captain Sally Tompkins Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts in 1939 by Mary Randolph Lane and in 1951 by Eva A. Trower.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and processed by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.

Biographical / Historical

George Edward Tabb Lane was treasurer of Matthews County. He was born at 'Woodstock', Mathews County, Virginia, on 29 May 1872. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Administrative History:

Sally Louisa Tompkins was born 1833 at "Poplar Hall" in Mathews, Virginia, daughter of Christopher and Maria Patterson Tompkins. She opened the Robertson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia where she and her staff of doctors treated the Confederate wounded. In recognition of her efforts, she was awarded an officer's commission as a captain in the Confederate States Army by President Jefferson Davis.

Biographical Information:

George Edward Tabb Lane was treasurer of Matthews County. He was born at 'Woodstock', Mathews County, Virginia, on 29 May 1872. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Administrative History:

Sally Louisa Tompkins was born 1833 at "Poplar Hall" in Mathews, Virginia, daughter of Christopher and Maria Patterson Tompkins. She opened the Robertson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia where she and her staff of doctors treated the Confederate wounded. In recognition of her efforts, she was awarded an officer's commission as a captain in the Confederate States Army by President Jefferson Davis.

Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Robertson Hospital (Richmond, Va.)
Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female