Finding Aid to the Calvin G. Brinson Letter
Finding aids
Prisoners of war
Civil War
Confederate Army
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.
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
2024
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
pdf
English
JMLMS2050FA
Letters of Henry G. Compton and William J. Jeter
Civil War -- correspondence
Camp McCullock (Highland County, Va.)
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 during the American Civil War and one letter by William J. Jeter written in 1862 while stationed in New Market, Virginia.
The original letters are held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The handwritten letters were encased. Typed transcriptions are included for the two Compton letters.
Compton, Henry G.
Jeter, William J.
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
16 November 1861
27 December 1861
03 June 1862
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
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English
JMLMS1462.1-3
Garland-Rhodes Camp Photo Montage
Civil War veterans (United States)
Photographs
Digital scanned image of a photo montage of Confederate Civil War veterans from the Garland Rhodes Camps in Lynchburg, Virginia. The original montage is held in physical format at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg.
Unknown creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
1900s
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
pdf
English
High resolution scanned digital image
JMLscannedGarlandRhodesmontage
Finding Aid to the Muster Roll, Company A, 30th Regiment Virginia Volunteers
finding aids
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 to 31 October 1961.
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
2023
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
pdf
English
MS1393FA
Finding Aid to the Henry L. Alberti Photograph Album
Finding aids
Alberti, Henry L. , -1916)
Finding aid to the Henry L. Alberti Photograph Album held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.
George M. Jones Memorial Library
George M. Jones Memorial Library
2023
George M. Jones Memorial Library
pdf
English
MS1263FA
Canteen at Southern Station, Lynchburg
canteens
Photographs
World War 1
American Red Cross
Southern Station (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library
1917-1918
George M. Jones Memorial Library
PDF (Computer file format)
English
MS1103F1-2a
American Red Cross Bureau of Canteen Service report
reports
American Red Cross
World War I
Report on Canteen Services dated 04 January 1919 for the American Red Cross Bureau of Canteen Service for the canteen at Lynchburg, Virginia. The report indicates that during the month of December 1918 more than 23,000 soldiers were served and 15 men were aided, including one man with pneumonia who was taken to Lynchburg hospital.
American Red Cross (Lynchburg, Va.)
George M. Jones Memorial Library
04 January 1919
Creative Commons non-commercial use permitted
PDF (Computer file format)
English
MS1103Folder1-3019190104
Southern Railway Company letter to Lynchburg Red Cross
Correspondence
Canteens (Facilities)
American Red Cross
World War 1
Letter from Southern Railway Company to Lucile McWane of the Lynchburg Red Cross dated 07 September 1918. The letter notes an increase in the meal allowance per soldier from 60 cents to 75 cents.
Southern Railway Company
George M. Jones Memorial Library
07 September 1918
George M. Jones Memorial Library
PDF (Computer file format)
English
MS1103F1-419180907
Three Civil War Letters from Azariah F.M. Haynes to Harriet J. Cocke (MS 1032, Folder 2-6)
MS 1032 (Folder 2-6)
correspondence
Civil War
Confederacy
soldiers
Confederate Army
Petersburg, Virginia
Three letters written from Azariah F.M. Haynes to Harriet J. Cocke of Lynchburg, Virginia dated 4 June 1862, 15 March 1864, and 28 March 1965
Haynes, Azariah F.M. (1842-1880)
George M. Jones Memorial Library
1862 - 1865
4 June 1862
15 March 1864
28 March 1863
George M. Jones Memorial Library
Finding Aid to the Leonie Doss Cocke (1915-2008) Family Papers
MS 1032 Leonie Doss Cocke (1915-2008) Family Papers
Paper, blue ink, double sided, lined, 7.25 inches x 11.75 inches
Paper, blue ink, double sided, stamped edge, 3.25 inches x 5.5 inches
Paper, blue color, black ink, folded sheet, 10 inches x 8 inches
English
MS 1032 Folder 2-6
Chesterfield County, Virginia
South Carolina Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia
Battleline 25 March 1865, Petersburg, Virginia