A Guide to the Virginia Lucas Letter, 1861
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms2018-021
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
USA
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2019 (CC0).
Processed by: Jeff Felton, Graduate Intern, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Virginia Lucas Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Alternate Form Available
This collection has been digitized and is available online .
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Lucas Letter, Ms2018-021, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Virginia Lucas Letter was purchased by Special Collections in February 2017.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Lucas Letter was completed in September, 2018.
Biographical Note
Virginia Bedinger Lucas was born in Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in December 1838 to William and Virginia Ann Bedinger Lucas. She was the youngest of four siblings, one of whom was Virginia lawyer and poet, Daniel Bedinger Lucas. Virginia Lucas wrote poetry, though she was never published during her lifetime. Several of her poems appear in her brother's 1869 volume, The Wreath of Eglantine, and Other Poems . She died in April 1865 and is buried in Jefferson County.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a letter written by Virginia Lucas from Clarke County, Virginia to her brother [likely Daniel Bedinger Lucas] at Halltown, Jefferson County (now West Virginia) July 11, 1861. Virginia writes how she and other relatives were sent away from Jefferson County because of approaching Union troops. She relates some war news about an engagement in Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia) giving the casualty statistics as well as mentions of Turner Ashby, Joseph E. Johnston, and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Related Material
The Daniel Bedinger Lucas Papers (Ms1995-012) contains a scrapbook believed to have belonged to his sister, Virginia. The finding aid for the collection is available online. The scrapbook has been digitized and is available online .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civil War
- Civil War--Homefront
- Clarke County (Va.)
- Jefferson County (W.V.)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Lucas, Virginia (Virginia Bedinger), 1838-1865
Contents List
This collection has been digitized and is available online .