A Guide to the Steptoe Family Papers
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 6515-a
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Steptoe Family Papers, Accession 6515-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Kevin Conley Ruffner of Alexandria, Virginia, gave these copies of his article and transcripts to the Library on October 2, 1987.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This addition to the Steptoe Family Papers consists of a manuscript written by Kevin Conley Ruffner entitled, "My Country's Bleeding Cause: John Steptoe and the Civil War," based upon his research in the Steptoe Family Collection, with source notes. The article was prepared for publication in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography .
Also present are computer printout transcripts of nine letters from John Steptoe to Caroline Hampden Leftwich of Bedford County, Virginia , 1861-1862, edited by Ruffner and located in the Steptoe Family Collection (# 6515) at the University of Virginia.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Caroline Hampden Leftwich
- John Steptoe
- Kevin Conley Ruffner