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Winchester Sept 27th/62
My Dear Lucy-
Your very kind and interesting letter to Anna, bearing date the 9th inst., has just come to hand today through the hand of Mr. Howard, who came up from Orange; and although Louise had rec’d one of a later date from Fannie, yet I do assure you it was read with the greatest interest. I have been here now since the 16th, at which time I came from Md. We or rather I was in Md. ten days, during which time I was in Frederick City & Hagerstown. In the former county we were rec’d with a good deal of kind feeling, but with not so much in the latter (Washington Co.), as that county had already furnished 14 companies to the Federal Army, 11 of wh[ich] surrendered at Harper’s Ferry. I suppose you have heard of the surrender of 13000 to Gen. Jackson with any quantity of
Object Description
| Title | Clayton G. Coleman Civil War Letters, 1862-1863 |
| Creator |
Coleman, Clayton G. -- (Clayton Glanville), -- 1840-1908. |
| Date (text) | 1862-1863 |
| Date (search/sort) | 1862; 1863 |
| Descriptive Note | Three letters written to Coleman's sister Lucy during the Civil War. The letter of September 17, 1862, from Winchester, Virginia, discusses the Battle of Antietam and caring for wounded; November 4, 1862, Winchester, Virginia, discusses hospitals and care of wounded, General George Steuart, movement of Longstreet's Corps, and other troop activity in the area; Feb 25, 1863 is largely personal, discussing his mother's death. |
| Biographical Note | Clayton Glanville Coleman, physician, was born at Roxbury, New Kent County, Virginia in 1840. He entered the Virginia Military Institute in July 1856 as a member of the Class of 1859, but did not graduate. After leaving VMI in 1858, he attended the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia, from which he was graduated in March 1861. He served as Lt. Col., 23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment(1861-1862) and after September 1862 as a physician in the Confederate Medical Department. After the war, he continued the practice of medicine until 1871, when he became a Civil Engineer. He married Anna Sherrard Breedin, daughter of Enoch C. and Lucy Singleton Breedin, of Winchester Virginia. They had four children: Sherrard , Robert, Lucy, and Caroline. Clayton Coleman died October 7, 1908, in Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| Manuscript Collection | Clayton G. Coleman Papers |
| Manuscript Collection (Sort Title) | Coleman, Clayton G., Papers |
| Manuscript Number | MS 0021 |
| Digital Subcollection |
Alumni Civil War Letters, Diaries and Manuscripts |
| Subjects (People) |
Coleman, Clayton G. -- (Clayton Glanville), -- 1840-1908. Coleman, Lucy Singleton. Steuart, George H. (George Hume), 1828-1903. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Virginia Military Institute. Class of 1859. Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Confederate States of America. Army. Medical Dept. Virginia --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Personal narratives, Confederate. Soldiers -- Virginia -- Correspondence. Physicians -- Confederate States of America. |
| VMI Class | 1859 |
| Guide/Finding Aid | http://archivesspace.vmi.edu/repositories/3/resources/605 |
| Form/Genre |
correspondence |
| Type (DCMI) | text |
| Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
| Digital Format | image/jpeg |
| Date Digitized | 2014-06 |
| Scanning Information | Scanned at 300 dpi using Epson Expression 10000XL/11000XL scanner. Master tiff image on file. |
| Language | English |
| Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are made available for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Digital content may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
Description
| Title | MS0021_18620927_page001 |
| Type (DCMI) | text |
| Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
| Digital Format | image/jpeg |
| Scanning Information | Scanned at 300 dpi using Epson Expression 10000XL/11000XL scanner. Master tiff image on file. |
| Language | English |
| Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are made available for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Digital content may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
| Full text transcription | Winchester Sept 27th/62 My Dear Lucy- Your very kind and interesting letter to Anna, bearing date the 9th inst., has just come to hand today through the hand of Mr. Howard, who came up from Orange; and although Louise had rec’d one of a later date from Fannie, yet I do assure you it was read with the greatest interest. I have been here now since the 16th, at which time I came from Md. We or rather I was in Md. ten days, during which time I was in Frederick City & Hagerstown. In the former county we were rec’d with a good deal of kind feeling, but with not so much in the latter (Washington Co.), as that county had already furnished 14 companies to the Federal Army, 11 of wh[ich] surrendered at Harper’s Ferry. I suppose you have heard of the surrender of 13000 to Gen. Jackson with any quantity of |
