A Guide to the Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1864
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms2018-015
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
2019 (CC0).
Processed by: Jeff Felton, Graduate Intern, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia, Ms2018-015, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia was purchased by Special Collections in June 2016.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Confederate Provost Marshal Pass, Lynchburg, Virginia was completed in September, 2018.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a Confederate Provost Marshall's Pass issued to A.S. Bacon on November 11, 1864 at Lynchburg, Virginia. The pass granted Bacon permission to travel to Richmond, Virginia and is signed by Captain and Provost Marshal, Hiram C. Pierce. The opposite side of the pass has a printed Oath of Allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America. War Department
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865