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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Frank Smith Reader Diary, WLU Coll 0019, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of John A.R. Varner in 1881.

Biographical / Historical

Frank Smith Reader was a Union soldier of the 5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, who served under Generals Franz Sigel and David Hunter.

Scope and Contents

Description of the march up the Valley of Virginia, the burning of VMI, taking trophies in Lexington, and the march to Lynchburg.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America
• Destruction and pillage
• Diaries
• Virginia -- Lynchburg