A Guide to the William Anderson Civil War Letters
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The University of Virginia Library
Accession number 10366
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Preferred Citation
William Anderson Civil War Letters, 1861-1948, Accession #10366, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The William Anderson Civil War letters were given to the Library without restrictions by Miss Margaret A. Jeffries of Culpeper, Virginia, through Mr. William Jeffries of Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 7, 1980.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of seventy-six letters and related items, (1861-1864), 1883, 1948, regarding a Confederate soldier, Captain William Anderson , of Company L, Palmetto Sharpshooters, a South Carolina unit; though he was promoted to major, April 1862, the majority of these letters were written while he was a captain. Most of the letters are from Anderson to his wife, Lucretia McFall , and include descriptions of camp life and the battles of First Bull Run (Manassas), Ball's Bluff, Williamsburg, and Seven Pines (Fair Oaks).
Also included are two letters from Anderson's brother-in-law, James McFall, to Lucretia Anderson, a letter from Anderson's commanding officer, Col. J. J. Sloan, re Anderson's death of wounds received in the Seven Days' Battles and a newspaper article about Sloan. There is also a 1948 letter from the Adjutant General's Office, U. S. Army, containing information concerning Anderson's career, and a copy of the marriage certificate of Maggie Anderson (Anderson's daughter) and William Jeffries, dated 1883.
Contents List
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letter re: service of William Anderson1948 May 6
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from Centreville, Va.1861 January 262 pp.
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from Columbia, [SC]1861 April 42 pp.
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from Columbia, SC1861 April 171 p.
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from Columbia, [SC]1861 May 122 pp.
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from Columbia, SC1861 June 42 pp. with envelope
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from Columbia, SC1861 June 61 pp. with envelope
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from Richmond, [Va.]1861 June 194 pp.
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from Camp Carolina, [Leesburg], Va.1861 June 242 pp. with envelope
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from Camp Carolina, Leesburg, Va.1861 June 272 pp. with envelope
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from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.[1861] June 303 pp.
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from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.1861 July 22 pp. with envelope
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from Camp Evans, Leesburg, Va.1861 July 93 pp. with envelope
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from Camp Fabor, Fairfax Count, Va.1861 July 132 pp. with envelope
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from Camp Halcombe, [Fairfax Co., Va.]1861 July 142 pp.
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from Stone Bridge, [Fairfax Co., Va.]1861 July 244 pp.
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from Camp Pettis, Fairfax Co., Va.1861 July 303 pp.
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from Culpeper Court House, [Va.][1861] August 93 pp.
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from Culpeper Court House, [Va.]1861 August 153 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Fairfax Co., Va.1861 August 213 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Fairfax Co., Va.1861 August 283 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 12 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 53 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 53 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 84 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 113 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 154 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 161 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 234 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 September 292 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 October 13 pp. with envelope
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from Germantown, Va.1861 October 83 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 October 134 pp.
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from Germantown, Va.1861 October 152 pp.
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from Camp - 4th Regt. S.C.V[olunteers], Va.1861 October 172 pp. with envelope
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from McLean's Ford, Va.1861 October 234 pp.
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from McLean's Ford, Va.1861 October 284 pp.
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from McLean's Ford, Va.1861 November 12 pp.
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from McLean's Ford, Va.1861 November 101 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1861 November 134 pp. with envelope
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from Centreville, Va.1861 November 182 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1861 November 234 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1861 December 73 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.; may have possibily been written on January 16, 1862; is dated 1862 December 16[1861] December 164 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.1861 Dec162 pp. with envelope
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from Centreville, Va.1862 January 192 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1862 February 12 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1862 February 41 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1862 February 92 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.[1862] February 224 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1862 March 42 pp.
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from Centreville, Va.1862 March 72 pp.
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from Camp at Hazel River1862 March 141 pp.
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from Camp Taylor, Orange Court House, Va.[1862] March 233 pp.
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from Camp Taylor, Va.1862 April 14 pp.
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from Camp Taylor, Va.1862 April 54 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.[1862] April 151 pp.
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from Yorktwon, Va. (w/transcript)1862 April 184 pp.
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from Yorktown, Va.1862 April 244 pp. with envelope.
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from Yorktown, Va.1862 April 264 pp.
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from Yorktown, Va1862 May 13 pp. with envelope
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from Camp near Chickahominy River, Va.1862 May 82 p with envelope
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from Camp near Chickahominy River, Va.[1862] May 103 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.1862 May 233 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.1862 May 284 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.1862 June 23 pp.
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from Camp Jenkins1862 June 74 pp. with envelope
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from Richmond, Va. (w/transcript)1862 June 104 pp. with envelope
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from Richmond, Va.1862 June 182 pp.
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from Richmond, Va.1862 June 233 pp.
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John T. Sloan to Mrs. Lucretia Anderson, from Pendleton, [SC]1862 July 112 pp. with address leaf
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[James] to his sister, [Mrs. William Anderson], from Morristown, Tenn. (w/transcript)1864 February 44 pp.
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James [ ] to his sister, Mrs. William Anderson, from New Market, Tenn.1864 February 52 pp. with envelope
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Marriage certificate of William L. Jeffries and Maggie E. Anderson1883 February 231 pp.
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[ ] O'Hara to Linora C. Hubbard, enclosing poetryn.d.4 pp.
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Obituary of J. B. E. Sloann.d.