Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16099, Dunn Family letters, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Ann K. Leake to the Small Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library on January 14, 2016.

Scope and Contents

This collection of letters written mostly during the Civil War consists of about 60 letters, one half-size legal document box, 0.25 cubic feet and contains correspondence (with transcriptions) between Elizabeth ("Betsy") Bruce Dunn with her sons, Leroy E. Dunn, and Henry "Marshall" Dunn, as well as cousins and friends from 1851; 1860 to 1862. The correspondence describes the horrors of the war, camp conditions, food, illness, including, the Battle of Bull Run and Civil War period envelopes.

Other correspondents include Captain John B. Magruder, Eliza M. Estes, Joseph Smith, Lucile M. Estes, Virginia A. McCauley, Nicholas Bell, Dorothea M. Estes, Vienna F. Howard, Lucy F. Dunn, Cornelia Frances Wood, Nathaniel D. Bacon, Chrie I. Marshall, Cyprian R. Estes, Louden Bruce, Jr., and Peter Gibson.

Arrangement

Letters are in chronological order

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Albemarle County (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.