Donations to the Collection

Accessions from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018

Charles Blanton

Pamphlet, White Hill, Veteran of the Wars 1781- 1864- 1865- 1917-1918: My Father and His Household Before, During, and After the War by Jennie Friend Stephenson April 22, 1897.

Edward T. Cox

Southern Cross of Honor inscribed to E. L. Clagett, 2 nd Battalion Maryland Infantry.

Reese Davis

Black leather shako hat collected by John Robley Dunglison while serving as war correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Pamela Dials, Robert Pemberton and Betty Jane Bennett Smith

91 letters, envelopes, and invitations to/from the family of John Daniel. Petty, 9th Virginia Cavalry.

Letter detail from the collection of letters donated by Pamela Dials, Robert Pemberton and Betty Jane Bennett Smith

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Sara Louisa and Timothy D. Johnson

Document entitled “Notes on Confederate Battle Flag” associated with the 4 th Battalion Caswell’s Sharp Shooters (4 th Georgia Battalion).

Charles and Mary Knauff

Two original Civil War era letters, a 3-ring binder of typescript copies of letters, and seven copies of Civil War era letters written by Charles Held to his wife.

Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale MacIntosh

Veil with lace trim worn by Sallie Bowen Gallaher of Waynesboro, Virginia, on January 12, 1865 for her marriage to Captain Hugh Holmes McGuire of Winchester, Virginia, given to Sallie by Elizabeth “Betty” Barbara Rosser; Blue and grey woven blanket used by Hugh Lafferty Gallaher and then by Sallie Bowen Gallaher McGuire in Waynesboro, Virginia.

John H. Mears III

Painting of Captain George Gaston Otey and framed letter written by Captain Otey.

Edwin Millis

Book: My Dearest Sister- The Hunt family of Lexington and the Civil War: their correspondence, 1856-1880, edited by Edwin G. Millis and Beverly Millis Haskin.

Dr. Edmund Mullins, Jr.

Diary written by Andrew D. Tribbett, of the 27th Virginia Infantry.

Dr. Clyde E. Noble

1850 flute, tenor ophicleide, fife, two alto horns, five cornets.

John I. Porter

Letter dated July 2, 1863 from Nehemiah Dumas; letter dated May 3, 1863 from Lieutenant Robinson to Mrs. James Pounds; $20 CSA note; $ 10 CSA note; $1 state of Louisiana note; pamphlet Minutes of the 38th Annual Meeting UCV.

John Salley

Painting of Lt. Col. R. H. Cunningham, by Louis Guillaume.

E. Godfrey and Patricia Trammell

Confederate reunion button, “Louisville KY, June 14-16, 1905.” (top title image)

Donald MacLean Wilkinson

Paintings of John Taylor Wood and Lola Wood and a bound transcript of the diary of John Taylor Wood.