A Guide to the William Anderson Civil War Letters #10366

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Preferred Citation

William Anderson Civil War Letters, 1861-1948, Accession #10366, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The William Anderson Civil War letters were given to the Library without restrictions by Miss Margaret A. Jeffries of Culpeper, Virginia, through Mr. William Jeffries of Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 7, 1980.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of seventy-six letters and related items, (1861-1864), 1883, 1948, regarding a Confederate soldier, Captain William Anderson , of Company L, Palmetto Sharpshooters, a South Carolina unit; though he was promoted to major, April 1862, the majority of these letters were written while he was a captain. Most of the letters are from Anderson to his wife, Lucretia McFall , and include descriptions of camp life and the battles of First Bull Run (Manassas), Ball's Bluff, Williamsburg, and Seven Pines (Fair Oaks).

Also included are two letters from Anderson's brother-in-law, James McFall, to Lucretia Anderson, a letter from Anderson's commanding officer, Col. J. J. Sloan, re Anderson's death of wounds received in the Seven Days' Battles and a newspaper article about Sloan. There is also a 1948 letter from the Adjutant General's Office, U. S. Army, containing information concerning Anderson's career, and a copy of the marriage certificate of Maggie Anderson (Anderson's daughter) and William Jeffries, dated 1883.

Contents List

Series I: Letters from William Anderson to his wife

letter re: service of William Anderson
1948 May 6
from Centreville, Va.
1861 January 26
2 pp.
from Columbia, [SC]
1861 April 4
2 pp.
from Columbia, SC
1861 April 17
1 p.
from Columbia, [SC]
1861 May 12
2 pp.
from Columbia, SC
1861 June 4
2 pp. with envelope
from Columbia, SC
1861 June 6
1 pp. with envelope
from Richmond, [Va.]
1861 June 19
4 pp.
from Camp Carolina, [Leesburg], Va.
1861 June 24
2 pp. with envelope
from Camp Carolina, Leesburg, Va.
1861 June 27
2 pp. with envelope
from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.
[1861] June 30
3 pp.
from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.
1861 July 2
2 pp. with envelope
from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.
1861 July 9
3 pp. with envelope
from Camp Fabor, Fairfax Count, Va.
1861 July 13
2 pp. with envelope
from Camp Halcombe, [Fairfax Co., Va.]
1861 July 14
2 pp.
from Stone Bridge, [Fairfax Co., Va.]
1861 July 24
4 pp.
from Camp Pettis, Fairfax Co., Va.
1861 July 30
3 pp.
from Culpeper Court House, [Va.]
[1861] August 9
3 pp.
from Culpeper Court House, [Va.]
1861 August 15
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Fairfax Co., Va.
1861 August 21
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Fairfax Co., Va.
1861 August 28
3 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 1
2 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 5
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 5
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 8
4 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 11
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 15
4 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 16
1 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 23
4 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 September 29
2 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 October 1
3 pp. with envelope
from Germantown, Va.
1861 October 8
3 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 October 13
4 pp.
from Germantown, Va.
1861 October 15
2 pp.
from Camp - 4th Regt. S.C.V[olunteers], Va.
1861 October 17
2 pp. with envelope
from McLean's Ford, Va.
1861 October 23
4 pp.
from McLean's Ford, Va.
1861 October 28
4 pp.
from McLean's Ford, Va.
1861 November 1
2 pp.
from McLean's Ford, Va.
1861 November 10
1 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1861 November 13
4 pp. with envelope
from Centreville, Va.
1861 November 18
2 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1861 November 23
4 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1861 December 7
3 pp.
from Richmond, Va.; may have possibily been written on January 16, 1862; is dated 1862 December 16
[1861] December 16
4 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
1861 Dec16
2 pp. with envelope
from Centreville, Va.
1862 January 19
2 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1862 February 1
2 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1862 February 4
1 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1862 February 9
2 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
[1862] February 22
4 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1862 March 4
2 pp.
from Centreville, Va.
1862 March 7
2 pp.
from Camp at Hazel River
1862 March 14
1 pp.
from Camp Taylor, Orange Court House, Va.
[1862] March 23
3 pp.
from Camp Taylor, Va.
1862 April 1
4 pp.
from Camp Taylor, Va.
1862 April 5
4 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
[1862] April 15
1 pp.
from Yorktwon, Va. (w/transcript)
1862 April 18
4 pp.
from Yorktown, Va.
1862 April 24
4 pp. with envelope.
from Yorktown, Va.
1862 April 26
4 pp.
from Yorktown, Va
1862 May 1
3 pp. with envelope
from Camp near Chickahominy River, Va.
1862 May 8
2 p with envelope
from Camp near Chickahominy River, Va.
[1862] May 10
3 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
1862 May 23
3 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
1862 May 28
4 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
1862 June 2
3 pp.
from Camp Jenkins
1862 June 7
4 pp. with envelope
from Richmond, Va. (w/transcript)
1862 June 10
4 pp. with envelope
from Richmond, Va.
1862 June 18
2 pp.
from Richmond, Va.
1862 June 23
3 pp.