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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Contact Information:University Libraries
P.O. Box 90001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-9001
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
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Processed by: Susan F. Cook, Special Collections Staff
© 2003 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the L. C. Angle, Jr. Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
L. C. Angle, Jr. Collection, Ms2001-043 - Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Biographical/Historical Information
L. C. Angle, Jr. is an 1940 alumnus of Virginia Tech. He is a resident of Abingdon, VA and a Civil War history enthusiast. Angle is also an active member in the Southwest Virginia Alumni Chapter. Colonel Angle also donated the Thomas W. Colley Collection. The Colonel L. C. Angle, Jr. Collection is also available in Abingdon, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
The L. C. Angle, Jr. Papers extend from 1860-1990. The collections consists of materials related to the history of the Civil War including copies and transcripts of letters, personal papers and manuscripts.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by document type, then chronologically.
Contents List
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Box-folder 1-1Photocopies and transcripts of Civil War Period letters including A. Anderson and Samuel T. Davidson. Includes a transcript of an order from Major General Jackson. A photocopy of a directive from R. E. Lee to General Jackson. 1862
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Box-folder 1-2James H. Barrett, confederate letters to his mother and his wife, Becca (photocopied and typewritten.) Barrett writes about The Seven Days Battle near Richmond.
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Box-folder 1-3Civil War Period letters (copies and transciptions) of James Clark (63rd Virginia regiment) to his wife, Martha and his sister. The letters are from Camp Narrows, Camp Tallperson and Camp Charleston, VA, Camp Near Franklin Depot, Southampton County, VA, Dalton, GA, Marietta, GA. Clark writes of seeing soldiers being branded as punishment for deserting in order to visit their wives. He also witnessed soldiers from a N.C. regiment being shot as deserters. Clark mentions General Joseph E. Johnston. Letter to Mr. Gallahan discussing debts. 1860, 1862-65
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Box-folder 1-4Photocopy of David Perkins letters, 8th Tennessee Infantry.
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Box-folder 1-5Letter to the War History Commission of Washington County, VA, discussing Washington County's participation in the Civil War. 1921
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Box-folder 1-6Typed copy of a handwritten manuscript by John Harvey Allen aboard the C.S.A. S.S. Alabama(subsequently fired upon and sunk.) 1863-1864
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Box-folder 1-7The 12th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and"Lish" by Malcolm D. Stroad. Unpublished manuscript. 1990
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Box-folder 1-8"Battle of Brandy Station or Fleetwood" (photocopy).
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Box-folder 1-9Transcribed document on "An Event in the Life of a Confederate Soldier," Battle of Kelly's Ford. Original in Thomas W. Colley Collection.
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Box-folder 1-10Transcribed letters and history of the Waggoner brothers, Civil War soldiers.
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Box-folder 1-11Historical Sketches of SW Virginia. "John B. Floyd, From Southwest Virginia to the Buchanan Cabinet, 1847-1856 by Edward L. Henson, Jr. 1968
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Box-folder 1-12Reminiscences of Frank Smith Robertson (J.E.B. Stuart's staff) photocopy. F.S. Robertson was the son of Wyndam Robertson, Governor of Virginia in 1846. Includes photocopy of letter from J.E.B. Stuart.
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Box-folder 1-13"Sketch of Carpenter's Battery," by Charles McAllister. 1977
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Box-folder 1-14A tribute to Jacob Swartz, Company D 1st Virginia Cavalry, a confederate soldier hired as a substitute by Alexander Galihan (orginal document) n.d.
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Box-folder 1-15Newspaper articles relating to the Civil War. The Sun, Baltimore newspaper article "Furled Battle Flags of Union and Confederate. late 1890s, 1907
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Box-folder 1-16"Bull Run" Song of the Fourth Brigade (Confederate)
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Box-folder 1-17Bulletin of the Historical Society of Washington County - Includes story of L. C. Angle's great great-grandfather who was in the 21st Virginia Cavalry. 2002
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Box-folder 1-18Charter, By-Laws - Rules of Order and List of Offices and Members of R. E. Lee Camp 1, Confederate Veterans. The Benevolent Assn. of the Louisiana Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. 1884
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Box-folder 1-19"The South's Battle Abbey." "Four Years Under Marse Robert." Sixteenth Annual Renion of Confederate War Veterans.nformation Circular. Saltville, VA brochure. "A Monument to the Splendor of Human Character" by Hollins N. Randolph. "The Story of Camp Chase" by W. H. Knauss. "The Confederate Museum in The Globe" informational brochure. Typewritten copy of the cast iron monument on wouthwest slope of Snodgrass Hill - Trigg's Brigade. "Superb was the Day" by Gustav S. Faider (n.d. and no source.) Photocopied order signed R. E. Lee, Headquarters, 13 December 1862. Blank document - Register of Births and Deaths. 1902, 1926
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Box-folder 1-20"Offical Report of the History Committee of the Grand Camp C.V., Department of Virginia, Dr. Hunter McGuire. Reprint - Account of the Reunion at Gettysburg, PA, 50th Anniversay. Sterling's Southern Fifth Reader - miscellaneous sections. 1899, 1913