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Preferred Citation:

Henry E. Edmunds Letter to Claiborne G. Barksdale, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2014.013 was recieved by Special Collections in January 2014.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2014.

Scope and Contents

Letter written by Henry E. Edmunds to Claiborne G. Barksdale, a member of the 14th Virginia Regiment, about the patriotic fervor of the early days of the American Civil War, shortly after Virginia ceded from the Union the month before. In the letter, Edmunds wrote of Barksdale joining the Virginia troops, how Edmunds would make a great soldier if he was younger, a local man named Townes gathering up troops to join the fight, and the great condition of the wheat crop.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Barksdale, Claiborne G
• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 14th
• Letters (correspondence)
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865