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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], George Bell Revercomb Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0285, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (11/30/05)

Biographical / Historical

George Bell Revercomb was a soldier in the Confederate States of America, Virginia Cavalry, Laurel Brigade, Company F during the American Civil War.

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of typescript letters to Revercomb's friend Sarah Wallace during the American Civil War from the battlefields and camps in Gordonsville, Manassas, Winchester, Harrisonburg, and including the Battle of the Wilderness.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry (Laurel Brigade)
• Correspondence
• Correspondence
• Personal narratives -- Confederate
• Virginia -- Gordonsville
• Virginia -- Harrisonburg
• Virginia -- Manassas
• Virginia -- Winchester