Campbell County (Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Campbell County, Virginia, C. S. A., 1864 (reproduction),
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0435
Scope and Contents
1864 map of Campbell County created by the Confederate Engineers Bureau (1982 reproduction from the Virginia Historical Society).
Dates:
1982 - 1982
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Frances B. Deane, Jr., Letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-006
Scope and Content
Member of the Virginia General Assembly from Campbell County from 1853 to 1858. Letter written June 28, 1857, to William Ballard Preston (1805-1862), a Montgomery County, Virginia, lawyer who rose to the office of Secretary of the Navy (1849-1850) under Zachary Taylor. In 1858 Preston was involved in the negotiations to establish a line of steamers from Norfolk, Virginia, to the west coast of Africa, which failed to materialize due to the Civil War. Deane writes Preston about the possibility...
Dates:
1857 - 1857
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
James Morris Hicks Letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-065
Scope and Content
Born in Campbell County, Virginia. Hicks attended VPI from 1897 to 1901, when he graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. The collection contains a letter to Hicks’ father (December 5, 1897) discussing cadet drilling, his recent election to the position of Vice President of the freshman class, and replies to news from home.
Dates:
1897 - 1897
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech