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Civil War documents and ephemeraMS.0079

Civil War documents and ephemeraMS.0079


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Virginia Military Institute Archives

VMI Archives
Preston Library
Lexington, VA 24450
Business Number: 540-464-7516
archives@vmi.edu
URL: http://www.vmi.edu/archives

Repository
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Identification
MS.0079
Title
Civil War documents and ephemera 1862-1888
Quantity
8 items
Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Creator
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
Creator
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Location
Manuscripts stacks and Oversized Case 2
Language
English .

Scope and Contents

The Civil War documents and ephemera collection consists of Civil War-related documents, largely items with autograph rather than content significance. The collection includes a shares document, autograph card, correspondence, an enrollement document, and a bond certificate.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Autographs
  • Banks and banking—History
  • Bonds—Confederate States of America
  • Correspondence
  • Cullen, Peter
  • Military records
  • Petersburg (Va.)
  • Stocks
  • United States. Army—Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)
  • United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Finance

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
  • Chapman, Conrad Wise, 1842-1910
  • Cullen, Peter
  • Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
  • Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Petersburg (Va.)
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Container List

Bank of the City of Petersburg shares document
1862 December 20English.
Confederate bond certificate
1864 September 28English.
Scope and Contents

A 5,000 dollar six percent non taxable certificate, number 651, payable in Richmond, Virginia or at depository in Staunton, Virginia.

Enrollment document for Peter Cullen
1865 February 16English.
Scope and Contents

Document of enrollement for Peter Cullen in Company E, 70th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Document bearing autographs of various Confederate officers
circa 1866English.
Letter from G. T. Beauregard to Conrad W. Chapman
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-18931867 June 12English.
Scope and Contents

Letter thanks artist Conrad W. Chapman for two engravings of the Civil War battery at Charleston, South Carolina. The letter also discusses proposed historical paintings.

Jefferson Davis autograph card
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889circa 1870English.
Scope and Contents

Autograph card bearing hand drawn watercolor images of Confederate flags with the signature of Jefferson Davis in the center.

Letter from Alexander H. Stephens to John W. Pratt
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-18831881 February 19English.
Scope and Contents

Letter to John W. Pratt of Paris, Kentucky, responding to a question about the Civil War.

Letter from Jefferson Davis to Captain M. Moore
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-18891888 December 28English.
Scope and Contents

Written from Beauvoir, Mississippi. Letter states that Jefferson Davis is unable to supply the information requested.