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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Howitzers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

"M. B. K." Civil War letter

 Collection — Box BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589319]
Identifier: MSS 16217
Scope and Contents

"M. B. K." Civil War letter, and other family letters, 0.03 cubic feet. A sister writes to her brother, "Reynold" in the Confederate Army, near Yorktown, 1861, May 21 and June 25 , with a note from his mother, and another letter from a "fond sister" with detail about the fight in Virginia, including the "Company of Howitzers now at Manassas Gap" and mention of Colonel Francis Hennery Smith, (1812-1890) First Superintendent at Virginia Military Institute and his treatment of the cadets.

Dates: 1861