Scope and Contents
Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham’s fear that “the dogs of war will be let loose” (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham’s support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1836, 1861-1864