Garnett Henry Wise letter Henry Wise Garnett letter MSS 16088

Henry Wise Garnett letter MSS 16088

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 16088

Title

Henry Wise Garnett letter 1863 October 5

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/283

Quantity

0.03 Cubic Feet, One folder in a document box BW 5.

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16088, Henry Wise Garnett letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Beltrone & Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on December 15, 2015.

Henry Wise Garnett was born on March 31, 1849. His father was Alexander [Yelverton] Peyton Garnett, (President of the American Medical Association and served Jefferson Davis in the Civil War. Alexander Garnett was born in Essex, Virginia at "Prospect Hill,") and married Elizabeth Wise on January 13, 1848. Henry Wise Garnett's grandfather was Brigadier General H. A. Wise from Richmond, Virginia. Henry Garnett became a lawyer and died July 10, 1897.

Scope and Contents

Henry Wise Garnett letter. 0.03 cubic feet, to his grandfather, Brigadier General H. A. Wise from Richmond, Virginia on October 5, 1863. Henry, at age fourteen, refers to a letter that his mother had recently received from his grandfather about war news, Yankees, a "negro" school, and specific battles in the areas of Princess Anne County and Warrington, Va..

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States History Civil War 1861-1865