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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Powell Benton Reynolds (1841-1914) Correspondence, A&M 1195, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Three letters from Reynolds as a Confederate soldier, Co, K, 50th Virginia Infantry, contain excellent descriptions of life in the Army of Northern Virginia. One letter contains Reynolds views on the right of secession and there is a letter from William P. Willey informing Reynolds of his election to the Chair of English at WVU. Collection also contains seven diplomas from Richmond College Reynolds received between 1867 – 1877. Typed copies of the letters may be found in A&M 390.

Related Material

390, 1195

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War - Virginia 50th Infantry, Company K.
• Civil War -- Kentucky 5th Infantry
• Civil War -- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
• Confederate States of America - secession crisis.
• Reynolds, Powell Benton.
• Richmond College (Richmond, Va.)
• West Virginia University. Department of English
• Willey, William P. (William Patrick)