Private Nathaniel Lewis letters
Scope and Contents
Private Nathaniel Lewis letters to his brother-in-law Petter [sic?] Bailey and sister Jane Bailey, 0.03 cubic feet, about a skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, West Virginia in 1863 April 1. Mention of John Moore and General Albert G. Jenkins. Also included is a letter from Hannah Lewis to Jane Bailey.
Dates
- Creation: 1863 April
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographocal Note:
Private Nathaniel Lewis a Union soldier from Greenwood,Dodderidge County, West Virginia, and was in Company G, 6th West Virginia Volunteers.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a legal document box BW 3.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection consists of two purchases from The Book Broker by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on September 16, 2015 and November 11, 2015.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Private Nathaniel Lewis letters
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 4/28/17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States