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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], George Bell Revercomb letters, WLU Coll. 0285, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (11/30/05)

Biographical / Historical

George Bell Revercomb, of Bath County, Virginia, was a member of Company F, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, Laurel Brigade, during the American Civil War. He married Sarah Elizabeth Wallace in 1864.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of typescript transcriptions of twenty letters from George Bell Revercomb to his future wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wallace, during his service as a Confederate cavalryman during the American Civil War. The letters are written from Gordonsville, Manassas, Winchester, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. His final letter is written from Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Va in May 1864. In it he mentions his wound in the Battle of the Wilderness, the death of General JEB Stuart, his religion, and wonders about the condition of his friends and brothers in his company.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry (Laurel Brigade)
• Correspondence
• Correspondence
• Personal narratives -- Confederate
• Stuart, J.E.B. (James Ewell Brown), 1833-1864
• Virginia -- Gordonsville
• Virginia -- Harrisonburg
• Virginia -- Manassas
• Virginia -- Winchester