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Finding Aid to the Martha Rivers Adams Collection
Finding aid to the Martha Rivers Adams Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection on microfilm includes Civil War records, correspondence, lists, maps and other materials assembled by Adams, a historian and…
Finding Aid to the Wm. Fitzhugh Rose Book
Finding Aid to the Book Belonging to Wm. Fitzhugh Rose Taken From a Wagon in Retreat from Richmond. The book is held at Jones Memorial Library as Manuscript 2065. It belonged to Wm. Fitzhugh Rose and was abandoned in a wagon during a retreat from…
Finding Aid to the Letter From Will to Ma
Finding aid to the Letter From Will to Ma held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The letter is from 1864 and was written from a soldier named Will who was at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, presumably with the 11th Virginia Infantry…
The letter is from 1864 and was written from a soldier named Will who was at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, presumably with the 11th Virginia Infantry…
Finding Aid to the Petitions to Andrew Johnson
Finding aid to the Petitions to Andrew Johnson held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
There are three petitions from Lynchburg residents to President Andrew Johnson, requesting him to be more liberal in amnesty to former…
There are three petitions from Lynchburg residents to President Andrew Johnson, requesting him to be more liberal in amnesty to former…
Finding Aid to the Georgiana T. Hudson Letters
Finding aid to the Georgiana T. Hudson Letters held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
There are two letters written to Hudson from Confederate soldiers held as prisoners of war in 1864 and 1865 during the American Civil War.
There are two letters written to Hudson from Confederate soldiers held as prisoners of war in 1864 and 1865 during the American Civil War.
Finding Aid to the Letter from Ed
Finding aid to the Letter from Ed at Vicksburg, Mississippi to Aunt Mary on 10 April 1863. The letter is held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Finding Aid to the Calvin G. Brinson Letter
Finding aid to the Calvin G. Brinson Letter held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Brinson was a soldier in the Confederate Army for the 16th Mississippi and was imprisoned at Elmira in December 1864.
Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy
Digital reproduction of a typewritten manuscript entitled "Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy" by Arthur H. Jennings.
This manuscript is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1397, Folder 1-5.
This manuscript is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1397, Folder 1-5.
Finding Aid to the Thomas Edwards Marshall, III Papers
Finding aid to the Thomas Edward Marshall, III Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include genealogical research, maps, books, and diaries.
Finding Aid to the Confederate Papers
Finding aid to the Confederate Papers, manuscript collection 1809, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers were collected by D.D. McConville and the Garland-Rodes Camp of Confederate Veterans.
Finding Aid to the Journal of William Bower Simmons
Finding aid to the Journal of William Bower Simmons, manuscript collection 1804, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The photocopied journal was kept by Simmons in 1861 as a member of the Blue Ridge Rifles during the U.S. Civil…
Finding Aid to Lynchburg's Petit Military Argosy by Edley Craighill
Finding aid to manuscript collection 1803, Lynchburg's Petit Military Argosy by Edley Craighill, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The manuscript is a typescript history of Lynchburg concentrating on the Civil War and World War…
Finding Aid to The History of A Campaign
Finding aid to The History of a Campaign by Peter B. Akers and John L. Henry, manuscript collection 1795, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes a diary account compiled by Akers and Henry while they were…
Finding Aid to the Allen Family Civil War Letters
Finding aid to the Allen Family Civil War Letters, manuscript collection 1794, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The letters are photocopies of correspondence from William and Tinsley Allen to their moth between 1861-1865.
Finding Aid to the Augustus Forsberg Papers
Finding aid to the Augustus Forsberg papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Forsberg served in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War. Following the war he served as Lynchburg City Engineer until 1887.
Finding Aid to the Mollie Woodson Letters
Finding aid to the Mollie Woodson Letters held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The collection includes letters from 1860 regarding the secession of the south from the United States.
Finding Aid to the Samuel Baldwin Marks Young Letters
Finding aid to the Samuel Baldwin Marks Young Letters held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. Young served as a Lt. General in the Union Army. The two letters were written in 1905 to General Thomas Taylor Munford, who commanded the…
Letters of Henry G. Compton and William J. Jeter
Digital reproduction of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1462, Letters of Henry G. Compton and William J. Jeter, 1861-1862.
The collection includes two letters written in 1861 by Henry G. Compton while stationed at Camp McCullock…
The collection includes two letters written in 1861 by Henry G. Compton while stationed at Camp McCullock…
Finding Aid to the Elihu Benjamin Washburne Letter
Finding aid to the Elihu Benjamin Washburne Letter of 1874 held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The letter is a copy of an original held at the Library of Congress, detailing the events of the Appomattox Court House surrender in…
Finding Aid to the Letters of Henry G. Compton and William J. Jeter
Finding aid to the Letters of Henry G. Compton and William J. Jeter held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The letters are from 1861 and 1862 detailing conditions at Camp McCullock in Highland County, Vigrinia during the American…
Finding Aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers
Finding aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers document held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The company was known as the Clay Dragoons. The document lists officers and enlisted personnel for 31 August…
Finding Aid to the Moore-Wise Family Papers
Finding aid to the Moore-Wise Family Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include correspondence, photographs scrapbooks, diaries, and notes for the Israel S. Moore family and related families. Included are Civil…
Finding Aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender
Finding aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender typescript held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The copy is an eyewitness account by George T. Peers of the surrender proceedings at Appomattox at the end of the U.S. Civil…
Finding aid to the Beaumont Weakley Whitaker, Jr. Collection
Finding aid to the Beaumont Weakley Whitaker, Jr. Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Va.
Finding aid to the Bailey Fulton Davis Collection
Finding aid to the Bailey Fulton Davis Collection held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Va.
Finding aid to the John S. Morris Papers
Finding aid to the John S. Morris Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Va.
Finding Aid to the Eubank Notes
Finding aid to the Eubank Notes from the Civil War era in Lynchburg, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The notes relate to military activity under General Nicholls and are presumed to belong to Elias Newman Eubank, who served in…
Finding Aid to the Articles of Submission
Finding aid to the Articles of Submission held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The articles are an 1876 agreement between the City of Lynchburg and city bond holders for bonds issued in 1864 during the Civil War.
Finding Aid to the General Orders, No. 34 for the 1st Military District Headquarters
Finding aid to the General Orders, No. 34 for voter registration in the First Military District in 1867, held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.