A Guide to the William H. Miller Letters, 1861 Miller, William H., Letters, 1861 41031

A Guide to the William H. Miller Letters, 1861

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 41031

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

41031

Title

A Guide to the William H. Miller Letters, 1861

Physical Characteristics

2 leaves - Photocopies

Collector

Page County.

Physical Location

Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 41031

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

William H. Miller. Letters, 1861. Accession 41031. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came in shipments of court papers from Page County.

William H. Miller served in the Massanutten Rangers, Company D, 7th Virginia Calvary. The two militia companies he writes about were: Page Grays, Company H, 33rd Virginia Infantry led by Captain William D. Rippetoe and Page Volunteers, Company K, 10th Virginia Infantry led by William Townsend Young.

Scope and Content Information

Letter dated July 23, 1861, written by William H. Miller to Mrs. W.G. Young concerning casualties suffered by two Page County militia companies during the First Battle of Bull Run. He provides the names of the captains of the two companies, Rippetoe and Young, and the names of several men from each company who were wounded or killed. Miller also remarks on the high morale of the Confederate troops following their victory.