A Guide to the John J. Chandler Letters, 1863-1864
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 23984b
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
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Preferred Citation
John J. Chandler Letters, 1863-1864. Accession 23984b. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying, 29 May 1953, by Charles A. Taylor of Urbanna, Virginia.
Biographical Information
John J. Chandler was born in York County, Virginia, 16 December 1832. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company B., 55th Virginia infantry. Company B later was detached and made into Fleet's Artillery Company. Chandler also served in Johnson's Artillery Battery in McIntosh's Battalion. After the war, he moved first to Accomack County, Virginia, then Northampton County, Virginia, where he worked as a wheelwright. Chandler and his wife Margaret (1848-1921) had 4 children. Chandler died 20 December 1913 in Northampton County and was buried at Broadwater Church.
Scope and Content
Letters, 1863-1864, from John J. Chandler (1832-1913) to to his sister-in-law Ann E. Chandler (1837-d. by 1880) of Middlesex County, Virginia, sending general war news and personal news. He comments on the battle of Gettysburg, adding that he would never marry a girl from Pennsylvania, and on the siege of Petersburg.
Related Material
Silas Chandler Letters, 1862-1865 (LVA accession 23984a).