A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Confederate Military Manuscripts Series A: Holdings of the Virginia Historical Society Editor Joseph T. Glatthaar Associate Editor and Guide Compiled by Martin P. Schipper A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Confederate military manuscripts [microform]. microfilm reels : 35 mm. Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Martin P. Schipper, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Confederate military manuscripts. Contents: ser. A. Holdings of the Virginia Historical Society / editor, Joseph T. Glatthaar. ISBN 1-55655-632-2 1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Sources. 2. Confederate States of America—History—Sources. 3. Confederate States of America—Armed forces—History—Sources. 4. Manuscripts— Confederate States of America. I. Schipper, Martin Paul. II. Virginia Historical Society. III. Title: Guide to the microfilm edition of Confederate military manuscripts. E484 973.7' 42—dc21 97-23030 CIP Copyright © 1997 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-632-2. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................................................ ix Note on Sources.....................................................................................................................xv Editorial Note.........................................................................................................................xv Reel Index Reel 1 Mss5:1Al536:1, John C. Allen Diary, 1864–1865............................................... 1 Mss1B1792a, Theron Hervey Bakewell Papers, 1819–1893............................ 1 Reel 2 Mss1B1792a, Theron Hervey Bakewell Papers, 1819–1893 cont.................... 3 Mss1B3445a, Baylor Family Papers, 1737–1882................................................ 3 Mss1B4555a, Henry Robinson Berkeley Papers, 1859–1865........................... 4 Reel 3 Mss1B4555b, Henry Robinson Berkeley Papers, 1855–1916........................... 5 Mss3C1505a, Camp Chase Papers, 1862–1863.................................................. 6 Mss1C3552a, John Hampden Chamberlayne Papers, 1858–1877.................. 9 Mss2C5214b, John Herbert Claiborne Papers, 1861–1865............................... 10 Reel 4 Mss1C5217a, Claiborne Family Papers, 1803–1954......................................... 11 Reel 5 Mss1C5217a, Claiborne Family Papers, 1803–1954 cont................................. 16 Mss1C5217b, Claiborne Family Papers, 1665–1911......................................... 17 Reels 6–7 Mss1C5217b, Claiborne Family Papers, 1665–1911 cont................................. 21 iii Reel 8 Mss1C5217b, Claiborne Family Papers, 1665–1911 cont................................. 22 Mss5:1C6433:1–2, Catherine Mary Powell (Noland) Cochran Recollections, 1861–1865.................................................................................. 22 Mss1C6458a, Cocke Family Papers, 1861–1865................................................ 23 Mss1C6944a, John Overton Collins Papers, 1857–1865................................... 24 Mss3C7604a, C.S.A. Army, Department of Henrico Papers, 1861–1864...... 24 Reels 9–10 Mss3C7604a, C.S.A. Army, Department of Henrico Papers, 1861–1864 cont................................................................................................... 30 Reel 11 Mss12:1863 February 10:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana Order Book, 1863............................................................ 31 Mss12:1862 August 6:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of the West, Missouri Infantry, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade Letterbook, 1862–1863....... 32 Mss12:1861 May 11:1, Virginia Militia, Artillery, Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company Order Book, 1861–1862....................................... 32 Mss12:1863:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of Northern Virginia, Artillery, 2nd Corps, 1st Regiment, Richmond Howitzers, 2nd Company Records, 1863–1864................................................................. 33 Mss12:1862:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of Northern Virginia, Artillery, 2nd Corps, Johnson’s (Edward) Division, 20th Battalion Records, 1862–1864........................................................................................... 33 Reel 12 Mss5:2D7462:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of Northern Virginia, Virginia Engineers, 1st Regiment, Company F Letterbook, 1864.............. 34 Mss12:1862 April 26:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of Northern Virginia, Virginia Infantry, Anderson’s Brigade Order Book, 1862.......... 35 Mss12:1864:3, C.S.A. Army, Department of the Valley, Virginia Infantry, 51st Regiment, D (Rufus James Woolwine’s) Company Record Book, 1864–1865................................................................................... 35 Mss5:2T1127:1–2, C.S.A. Army, Department of Northern Virginia, Virginia Infantry, 59th Regiment, Letterbooks, 1863................................... 36 Mss12:1861 May 3:1, C.S.A. Army, Department of the Peninsula, Virginia Infantry, Tomlin’s Battalion, Letterbook, 1861............................. 37 Mss3C7608a, C.S.A. War Department, Bureau of Conscription Enrolling Book, 1863–1864............................................................................... 37 Mss5:1C7745:1–19, Giles Buckner Cooke Diary, 1861–1865........................... 38 iv Reel 13 Mss5:1C7745:1–19, Giles Buckner Cooke Diary, 1861–1865 cont.................. 41 Mss5:1C8394:1, E. L. Cox Diary, 1864–1865...................................................... 41 Mss5:1D2244:1, John Warwick Daniel Memoir, 1863...................................... 42 Mss5:1D2244:2, John Warwick Daniel Diary, 1864.......................................... 42 Mss5:1D2914:2, Creed Thomas Davis Diary, 1864–1865................................. 43 Mss5:1D8737:1, Edward Samuel Duffey Diary, 1861–1864............................ 43 Mss3Ea764a, Jubal Anderson Early Papers, 1837–1892.................................. 44 Reel 14 Mss3Ea764a, Jubal Anderson Early Papers, 1837–1892 cont.......................... 47 Reel 15 Mss3Ea764a, Jubal Anderson Early Papers, 1837–1892 cont.......................... 49 Mss5:1Ea768:1, Jubal Anderson Early Memoir, 1864–1865............................ 50 Mss1F1613a, John Walter Fairfax Papers, 1863–1937...................................... 50 Reel 16 Mss1F2274a, Benjamin Lyons Farinholt Papers, 1857–1917........................... 51 Mss1G8207a, Charles Jones Green Papers, 1861–1895.................................... 53 Mss1G9376a, William Gibson Guerrant Papers, 1844–1886........................... 55 Mss5:1G9896:1, John Henry Guy Diary, 1862................................................... 56 Mss1H2275a, Harlow Family Papers, 1858–1864............................................. 56 Reel 17 Mss1H3104a, Richardson Wallace Haw Papers, 1832–1881........................... 57 Mss5:2H3275:1, John S. Hayes Letterbook, 1862.............................................. 58 Mss1H5503a, Ambrose Powell Hill Papers, 1843–1864.................................. 58 Mss5:1H5533:1, John Lyon Hill Diary, 1861..................................................... 59 Mss5:1H7742:1, Abner Crump Hopkins Diary, 1862–1863............................ 60 Mss2J1385a, Thomas Jonathan Jackson Papers, 1846–1863............................ 60 Mss2J1385b, Sketches of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1861–1863.................... 62 Mss1J1385a, Thomas Jonathan Jackson Papers, 1846–1910............................ 63 Mss2J6314b, Elijah S. Johnson Papers, 1862–1907............................................ 64 Mss2J761b, Jordan-Bell Family Letters, 1861–1864.......................................... 65 Mss5:1K2143:1–3, Watkins Kearns Diary, 1861–1864...................................... 65 Reel 18 Mss1K2694a, Keith Family Papers, 1710–1865................................................. 66 Mss1K2694b, Keith Family Papers, 1831–1916................................................. 68 Mss1K2694cFA2, Keith Family Papers, 1830–1979.......................................... 69 Reel 19 Mss1K2694cFA2, Keith Family Papers, 1830–1979 cont................................. 72 v Reel 20 Mss1K2694cFA2, Keith Family Papers, 1830–1979 cont................................. 72 Mss5:1L2654:1-2, James Henry Langhorne Diary, 1862.................................. 73 Mss3L515a, Robert Edward Lee Headquarters Papers, 1850–1876............... 73 Reels 21–22 Mss3L515a, Robert Edward Lee Headquarters Papers, 1850–1876 cont......99 Reel 23 Mss3L515a, Robert Edward Lee Headquarters Papers, 1850–1876 cont......100 Mss2L515a, Robert Edward Lee Papers, 1824–1960........................................100 Mss3L515b, Robert Edward Lee Papers, 1861..................................................101 Reel 24 Mss3L515b, Robert Edward Lee Papers, 1861 cont.........................................107 Mss1M1793a, Hunter Holmes McGuire Papers, 1861–1936...........................108 Reel 25 Mss1M1895a, David Gregg McIntosh Papers, 1862–1916..............................109 Mss1M1898a, McIntosh Family Papers, 1827–1966.........................................110 Reel 26 Mss3M3814a, Charles Tayloe Mason Papers, 1854–1906................................112 Reel 27 Mss3M3814a, Charles Tayloe Mason Papers, 1854–1906 cont.......................114 Mss1M4618a, Meade Family Papers, 1854–1913..............................................115 Mss1M4618b, Meade Family Papers,