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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], L. A. Harper Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0087, Special Collections, Leyburn Library,
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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L. A. Harper was a 1st Lieutenant with 'St. Matthew Rifles' (South Carolina Infantry. 25th Regiment, Company F) during the
American Civil War. He was wounded in Virginia, September 1864 and furloughed. Lizzie, his wife, resided in Poor Chance, South
Carolina.
This collection contains the correspondence of L. A. Harper and his wife, Lizzie, while he was stationed at James Island,
South Carolina during the siege of Charleston and later during the Virginia campaigns of 1864. Topics include camp life, Harper's
court-martial, domestic affairs, sanitary conditions, and supplies. The collection also includes muster rolls, other documents,
and typed transcriptss of the correspondence.