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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], David Lawrence Hopkins Papers, WLU Coll. 0279, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (March 6, 2003)

Biographical / Historical

David Lawrence Hopkins was a Lexington, Virginia native and a Confederate captain during the American Civil War.

Scope and Contents

The papers of Captain David L. Hopkins, include 12 letters to his wife, Lou, all but one from his post in Lynchburg, Virginia, concerning their Lexington, Virginia farm, food supplies, mutual acquaintances, and occasionally the war, in particular the Battle of Lynchburg as well as several other family letters and Confederate money.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Social history
• United States -- Confederate States of America
• Virginia -- Lexington