Winston Family Letters
Scope and Content
Copies of transcripts of various the Civil War letters of three brothers: Ambrose Whitlock Winston (1835-97), Charles James Winston (1837-87), and William Henry Harrison Winston (1841-1935), of Campbell County, Virginia, to their aunt, Mary Harris Clark. The brothers all served in Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. The letters were written between November 1861 and March 1865 from camps in Virginia and North Carolina. They write of mutual friends killed or wounded, Union and Confederate officers, details of battles, and requests for goods from home.
Dates
- Creation: 1861 - 1865
Creator
- Winston family (Family)
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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