0.4 Linear Feet, 6 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.)
Creator
Shreve, Emily Gray
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Emily Gray Shreve Papers, A&M 3024, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
The papers of a Martinsburg native related to local prominent families. There are genealogical notes and papers concerning
the following families: Anderson, Beall, Chenowith, Cowan, Cromwell, Gilbert, Gray, Hoffman, Magruder, McConnell, Newcomer,
and Silver. Also included are the letters and papers of Edmond L. Hoffman, who served early in the Civil War as a lieutenant
in the Stonewall Brigade. He describes in extensive detail the First Battle of Bull Run. In later letters, he presents his
and the prevailing Confederate opinion about the Northern generals Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Meade. He also describes Confederate
forces and their officers. Included are a few letters after the Civil War from the frontier mentioning Kansas City and Oklahoma
(the Indian Territory). Also includes three Confederate currency notes (1864) and one reproduction of a Confederate currency
note (1954).