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Size | 10 items |
Abstract | Achilles James Tynes (fl. 1864) was a a Confederate captain with the Fifth Virginia Cavalry, from Tazewell County, Va. The collection includes typed transcriptions of letters from Tynes to his wife, Harriet Fudge Tynes, during the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley and the raid on Chambersburg, Pa., under Brigadier General John McCausland in the summer of 1864; and correspondence, 1948-1951, concerning A. J. Tynes's association with McCausland and the burning of Chambersburg on 31 July 1864. |
Creator | Tynes, Achilles James, fl. 1864. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Achilles James Tynes (fl. 1864) was a a Confederate captain with the Fifth Virginia Cavalry, from Tazewell County, Va. He served under Brigadier General John McCausland in the Shenandoah Valley and the raid on Chambersburg, Pa., in the summer of 1864. His wife was Harriet Fudge Tynes (fl. 1864).
Back to TopThe collection includes typed transcriptions of letters from Achilles James Tynes to Harriet Fudge Tynes, his wife, during the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley and the raid on Chambersburg, Pa., under Brigadier General John McCausland in the summer of 1864; and correspondence, 1948-1951, concerning Achilles James Tynes's association with McCausland and the burning of Chambersburg on 31 July 1864.
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