Patrick A. Bowmaster Papers,
Scope and Content Information
Among those papers included in the collection is an edited transcript of the diary of Jasper Hawse (1835-1905), a Civil War soldier born in Hardy County, Virginia. At the beginning of the Civil War Hawse enlisted in the 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia, which became the 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment in March 1862. In June 1862 the cavalry regiment was reorganized as the 17th Virginia Cavalry Battalion. Hawse also served intermittently as a commissary sergeant in the Confederate Quartermaster's Department. The collection also includes a paper about Emanuel Stance, the first African-American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the post-Civil War period.
Dates
- Creation: 1994 - 1995
Creator
- Bowmaster, Patrick A. (Person)
- Hawse, Jasper, 1835-1905 (Person)
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Patrick Bowmaster grants permission for up to half of the manuscript to be photocopied.
Biographical/Historical Information
Patrick A. Bowmaster was a graduate student in history student at Virginia Tech. The collection consists of papers that Bowmaster wrote for his graduate classes.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is part of our one folder manuscripts. The documents within the folder are arranged by subject.
General Physical Description note
0.1 cubic feet, 1 folder
- Title
- A Guide to the Patrick A. Bowmaster Papers, 1994-1995
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Laura Katz Smith
- Date
- © 2001 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu