Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues Papers

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
LYNCHBURG LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES PAPERS
The papers include one bound volume containing the constitution of this Lynchburg,
Virginia, militia unit, and signatures of the members. The other bound volume contains
the roll book for the Light Artillery Blues (1885-1886) and also the roll book for the
Lynchburg Home Guard (1884-1885), another local militia unit.

LYNCHBURG LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES
The Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues, a local militia unit in Lynchburg, Virginia, was
later known as Battery D, 1st Battalion Artillery, Virginia Volunteers, when the battalion
was organized 8 November 1877. [Report of the Adjutant–General of the State of Virginia for the
Year 1886 (Richmond: A. R. Micou, 1887), pp. 17-18.]

LYNCHBURG HOME GUARD
The Lynchburg Home Guard, originally organized in 1859, was reorganized on 27
April 1871. [W. Asbury Christian, Lynchburg and its People (Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1900), p. 289; "65th
Anniversary of Home Guard," Lynchburg News, 9 November 1924, p. 8 col. 3.]

On 13 June 1881, the unit became Company E, 3rd Regiment Infantry, Virginia
Volunteers. [Report of the Adjutant–General...1886, pp. 10, 12; Lynchburg Virginian, 15 June 1881, p. 3
col. 2.]

MS1771

Dublin Core

Title

Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues Papers

Subject

Finding aids
Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues (Lynchburg, Va.)

Description

Finding aid to the Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues Papers held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include a bound volume and membership rolls for the Light Artillery Blues and Lynchburg Home Guard in the late 1800s.

Creator

George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)

Publisher

George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)

Date

2024

Rights

George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)

Format

pdf

Language

English

Identifier

JMLMS1771FA

Citation

George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Lynchburg Light Artillery Blues Papers,” Digital Collections, accessed May 8, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/609.