Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Ryan Mair
Permission to publish material from the James E. Wray Civil War Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: James E. Wray Civil War Letter, Ms2015-027, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
James E. Wray Civil War Letter was purchased by Special Collections in 2009.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the James E. Wray Civil War Letter was completed in July 2015.
This letter by James. E Wray was taken by Union troops from the Dead Letter Office of the Confederate States Post Office in Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865.
This collection comprises a letter from James E. Wray of the Confederate Army to his unnamed sister. Writing from Winchester, Virginia, Wray describes his progress in recovery from an unstated aliment and his desire to return to fighting duty once deemed fit. He also discusses rumors of his regiment being sent to Tennessee or Kentucky and reports of Union soldiers within 25 miles of Winchester.
This collection is a arranged by material type.