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Size | About 80 items |
Abstract | In part typed transcriptions of original items. Letters written home by Waldrop of Virginia, a member of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, and his diary, 1863-1867, during the Civil War and in Richmond after the war. The letters discuss camp and battlefield conditions and rumors of military action. Also included is the diary, 1862-1865, of his brother, John Waldrop (1845-1891), with the Richmond (Va.) Howitzers; and a bound volume containing copies of letters, 1916-1917, from Eloise Waldrop to her father, R. W. Waldrop, while she was traveling throughout the Midwest with singer Alma Gluck. |
Creator | Waldrop, Richard Woolfolk, 1839-1918. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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In part typed transcriptions of original items. Letters written home by Waldrop of Virginia, a member of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, and his diary, 1863-1867, during the Civil War and in Richmond after the war. The letters discuss camp and battlefield conditions and rumors of military action. Also included is the diary, 1862-1865, of his brother, John Waldrop (1845-1891), with the Richmond (Va.) Howitzers; and a bound volume containing copies of letters, 1916-1917, from Eloise Waldrop to her father, R. W. Waldrop, while she was traveling throughout the Midwest with singer Alma Gluck.
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