Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Thomas L. Alfriend Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Acc. No. 1995.65; Purchased: 42 items, 12/19/1995.
Acc. No. 1996.40; Gift: 14 items, 08/21/1996.

Biographical/Historical Information

Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901)was a Sergeant, of Co. B, 15th Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Sayler's Creek, 6 April 1865, and was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until 23 June 1865. After the war, he returned to Richmond and entered the insurance business.

Frank H. Alfriend (1841-1887) was the younger brother of Thomas L Alfriend. He became a biographer of Jefferson Davis.

Scope and Content Information

Chiefly letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901) Sergeant, of Co. B, 15th Virginia Infantry and Parken's Battery, Alexander's Battalion, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, from camps in Virginia and Tennessee to family members in Richmond, Virginia. Includes letter, 26 May 1861, from Alfriend while stationed in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The collection includes typescript copies of letters to or about Frank Heath Alfriend (1841-1887), brother of Thomas L. Alfriend and biographer of Jefferson Davis. Location of the originals of these letters is unknown.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into 4 series. Series 1 contains letters; Series 2 contains newspaper clippings; Series 3 contains typescripts; and Series 4 contains an addition to the collection of typescripts.

This collection is arranged into series by item description.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Alfriend, Frank Heath, 1841- 1887.

Geographical Names:

• Confederate States of America. Army Virginia Infantry Regiment, 15th. Company B.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Longstreets I Corps Alexander's Battalion. Parker's Battery.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bibliography

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