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Sommerville, Henry Clay

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Clay Sommerville Letters, 1862, 1864 (Ms1991-045)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1991-045
Dates: 1862, 1864

Henry Clay Sommerville Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-045
Scope and Content

Born in Hampshire County, Virginia; surgeon for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Collection consists of letters, written mostly from January to April, 1864, to Sommerville while in Danville and Lynchburg, Virginia, from friends in Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia. Most of the letters focus on town news and gossip.

Dates: 1862, 1864