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Preferred Citation:

Emma Virginia Hatfield PapersHatfield Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase: 110 items, 5/07/1939.

Scope and Contents

Letters received chiefly by Emma Virginia "Ginnie" (Frye) Hatfield of Rockingham County and Augusta County, Virginia and West Virginia from her brothers Hiram E. "Hiley" Hatfield of Georgia, who served in the Civil War in the Valley Brass Band, 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment; and John F. Hatfield, who also served in the Civil War under the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment. There are also many letters to Ginny from her brother-in-law and sister, James W. Thomas and Mary M. "Molly" Thomas of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Subjects covered in the letters include Confederate camp conditions and Civil War battles, maintaining a household during and after the war, and the daily lives of men and women.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Confederate States of America. 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment
• Confederate States of America. 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment
• Correspondence
• Hatfield, Hiram E.
• Hatfield, John F., d. 1902
• Rockingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865