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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Randolph T. Shields Collection, WLU Coll. 0243, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (7/27/99)

Biographical / Historical

Shields was a physician in Staunton, Virginia and a Washington and Lee University alumnus of the Class of 1932.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes American Civil War recollections of Shields' maternal grandfather, Coupland Randolph Page, including his service with the Liberty Hall Volunteers, the Stonewall Brigade, and the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition, papers contain significant documents about members of the Tucker family, including John Randolph Tucker and Judge Henry St. George Tucker.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers
• Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade
• Military campaigns
• Personal narratives -- Confederate
• Tucker family
• Tucker, Henry St. George, I
• Tucker, John Randolph