United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Turner Family Genealogy Papers

Collection — Folder 1

Identifier: Ms-1994-002

Scope and Content Genealogical information about the Turner family of Snowcreek in Franklin County, Virginia. Meshack Taylor (1819 or 1820-1877) served in Company E of the 64th Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Collection includes a photocopy of a letter written by Turner to his wife Sallie from Farrow Grounds near Norfolk, Virginia, on April 13, 1862. Also includes a genealogy compiled by Helen Turner of Lawton, Oklahoma, on The Turners of Snowcreek, which consists of transcripts of wills, research...

Dates: c.1980s

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Twenty-Fourth Virginia Volunteer Regiment Records,

Collection — Folder 1

Identifier: Ms-1990-037

Scope and Content

Virginia regiment in the Civil War. Records consist of five items relating to soldiers in the regiment, including examination notes, a furlough pass, and lists of pay and clothing. Soldiers were R.T. Briggs, John R. Hudson, R. Laundrum, Burgess Whitt, and Solomon Wood.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Twilight in Gettysburg

Collection — Frame 1

Identifier: Art-031

Scope and Contents

Robert E. Lee, July 1, 1863

Dates: n.d.

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Cyril H. Tyler Letter

Collection — Folder 1

Identifier: Ms-1989-009

Scope and Content

Union soldier in the Civil War from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Writes his father from Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Virginia, June 4, 1862. Refers to skirmishes with the enemy, Rebel sharpshooters, and crossing the Chicahominy River.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-067

Abstract Family papers of President John Tyler, his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and descendants, mostly through the couple's daughter, Pearl Tyler Ellis. Letters written to the Tylers from family and friends; a letter written by the Tyler's son, David G. Tyler; an autograph book used at the 1868 Democratic National Convention; a published memorial to Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner Horsford; photographs of Pearl Tyler Ellis; Ellis and Marye family-related newspaper clippings; photographs and Civil...

Dates: 1848 - 1939

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Umbarger Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-066

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence relating to the Umbarger family from 1863-1867 and 1870-1883. Letters detail the family's experiences in the Civil War and their migration from Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, to Coss County, Indiana, shortly after the war's close.

Dates: 1863-1867, 1870-1883

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Adin B. Underwood Papers,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2015-025

Abstract This collection comprises the papers of Brigader General Adin. B Underwood. The papers contain photocopies of Civil War-era correspondence written to Underwood by his wife and sister-in-law and Underwood's written requests to his superiors for leave from duty. The collection also consists of Underwood's pension records, his pay and muster sheets from his time in the Union Army, and his wife's applications for a widow's pension after his death in 1888. This collection includes a short history...

Dates: 1861 - 1926

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Uniform Coatee,

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: Textile-1993-003

Scope and Content Item: uniform coatee Desc: Carolina Rifles coatee Date: Civil War? Color: blue gray Material: wool with quilted wool (?) lining Manufacturer: Chestnut St., Philadelphia: Jacob Reed’s Sons Donor: unknown Condition: stained, dirty; moth holes on sleeves, front, lining Special Markings: Gold buttons with palmetto tree and S.C. Back skirt spit in half with 3 buttons on each side and black stripe under buttons; inside pocket under left arm; 3 smaller buttons on sleeves set on black strip,...

Dates: c.1861-1865?

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech