Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondenceWLU.Coll.0002

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Repository

Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Identification

WLU.Coll.0002

Title

Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondence 1861-1864

Quantity

0.5 Linear Feet, one document case

Language

English .

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay Correspondence, WLU Coll 0002, Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives.

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Biographical / Historical

Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay, son of Col. A. T. Barclay and Mary Eleanor Paxton, was born in 1844 about one mile west of Lexington, Virginia. He entered Washington College (Washington and Lee University) at the age of 15. In the spring of 1861, he joined the Liberty Hall Volunteers and served with the Stonewall Brigade until he was captured at Spotsylvania Court House in 1864.

Returning to Lexington in 1865, he engaged in various enterprises. He was manager of the family farm and a participant in the movement to extend the Valley Railroad from Winchester to Lexington. In 1873 with Elihu H. Barclay and James T. Patton, he bought and published The Rockbridge Citizen which was consolidated in 1874 with the Lexington Gazette . He was editor of this newspaper for 11 years. He was also manager of the Lexington Manufacturing Company and president of the Buena Vista Improvement Company.

For 30 years, Barclay served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University, beginning his service in 1885.

He married Virginia Borden Moore in 1876. Barclay died in November 1915.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes original letters and typescript copies of letters Ted Barclay sent to his family in Lexington, Virginia during the American Civil War. Subjects include information about the activities of the Liberty Hall Volunteers of the Stonewall Brigade in major battles within Virginia; accounts of life in Confederate camp; information about food, clothing, diseases, religious services, attractive women, and deaths of friends while serving with the Volunteers; and accounts of his life as a Union prisoner at Fort Delaware. These letters have been published in a volume edited by Charles Turner, Ted Barclay, Liberty Hall Volunteers: Letters from the Stonewall Brigade (1861-1864).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Armies -- Military life
Armies -- Religious life
Barclay, Ted, II (Alexander Tedford)
Cookery, Military
Correspondence
Delaware -- Fort Delaware
History
Prisoners of war
Virginia

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Delaware -- Fort Delaware
Virginia

Container List

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 1

Correspondence

1861 JuneEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 June 10English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1861 June 11English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 June 14English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 June 22English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay and Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 June 25English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 2

Correspondence

1861 July-AugustEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 July 1English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 July 22English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 July 27English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 3

Correspondence

1861 DecemberEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1861 December 1English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1861 December 6English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1861 December 23English.

Text [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 4

Correspondence

1862 JanuaryEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 January 12English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 January 17English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 January 22English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 January 25English.

Text [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 5

Correspondence

1862 FebruaryEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 February 1English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 February 5English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 February 10English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 February 19English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 February 22English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 6

Correspondence

1862 March-AprilEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 March 3English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 March 30English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 March 31English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 April 15English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 7

Correspondence

1862 MayEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 May 16English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 May 26English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 May 27English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1862 May 29English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 8

Correspondence

1863 MayEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 May 7English.
Ted Barclay to the "Ones at Home"
1863 May 8English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 May 12English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 May 26English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 9

Correspondence

1863 JuneEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 June 3English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 June 17English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 June 19English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 10

Correspondence

1863 JulyEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 8English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 13English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 14English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 20English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 24English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 11

Correspondence

1863 August-SeptemberEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 August 3English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1863 August 5English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1863 August 17English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 September 1English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 September 16English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 July 29English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 12

Correspondence

1863 October-NovemberEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 October 13English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 October 21English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 October 24English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 November 10English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 November 15English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 November 19English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 November 25English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 13

Correspondence

1863 DecemberEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 December 5English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1863 December 29English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 14

Correspondence

1864 January-MarchEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 January 26English.
Ted Barclay to Homefolks (Hannah Moore Barclay and Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay)
1864 February 10English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 February 22English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 March 2English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 March 9English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 March 12English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 March 21English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 15

Correspondence

1864 April-MayEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 April 6English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 April 8English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 April 17English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 May 2English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 May 2English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 16

Correspondence

1864 June-AugustEnglish.

Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 June 7English.
Ted Barclay to Mary Elanor Paxton Barclay
1864 July 21English.
Ted Barclay to Hannah Moore Barclay
1864 August 21English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 17

Correspondence (typescripts)

undatedEnglish.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 18

Duplicate Correspondence (typescripts)

undatedEnglish.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 19

Miscellaneous notes of Professor W. G. Bean

undatedEnglish.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 20

Photograph of Barclay

circa 1866-1880English.

Mixed Materials [35101013591743] box: 1 folder: 21

Duplicates received from the Treasurer's office (typescripts)

undatedEnglish.