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  1. 2011-014-002-002 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Correspondence envelope with no letter. Folder contains note that missing letter was from Ann Eliza Pleasants Gordon living in Baltimore. Subsequent letter from Robert T. Knox (May 9, 1865) thanking her for draft she apparently sent with letter.

    Record Type: Archive

  2. 2011-014-002-003 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Handwritten note in file: "This letter dated April 20th 1861 and written from one cousin to another, one on the Northern side and one on the Southern. Predicts the out come of the Civil War."

    Record Type: Archive

  3. 2011-014-002-006 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Mother ill; nursing soldiers in home; war rumors; packages from home; neighborhood and family gossip.

    Record Type: Archive

  4. 2011-014-002-008 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Religion; Confederate cause; family news; Yankees nearby.

    Record Type: Archive

  5. 2011-014-002-014 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Father visits camp; family news; camp clothing; local marriages; hearing guns; problems with travel.

    Record Type: Archive

  6. 2011-014-002-017 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. April 4, 1862 Virginia Soutter Knox to Robert Taylor Knox & James Soutter Knox.

    Record Type: Archive

  7. 2011-014-002-021 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Fredericksburg bridges blown up; Yankees in Falmouth; Confederate soldiers evacuate town; family hoping to evacuate, but no transportation; town may surrender; family news; flour mill fired upon.

    Record Type: Archive

  8. 2011-014-002-024 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Thomas Knox to wife regarding money, flour sales and Confederate bonds; slaves all gone; she in turn forwards letter to Mr. & Mrs. Douglas; Yankee squads in town.

    Record Type: Archive

  9. 2011-014-002-027 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. May 17, 1862 Troop movements; Danville trains; evacuation of Norfolk; worry of intemperance; family news; 300 Yankees in town & 1,000 across river; women arrested for harboring pickets; battle of Williamsburg; Confederate day of prayer; Union prayer meeting; refugees in Danville; CSS Virginia blown up; the Bell's marched up the James River.

    Record Type: Archive

  10. 2011-014-002-031 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. July, 1862

    Record Type: Archive

  11. 2011-014-002-034 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. Virginia Soutter Knox to Robert Taylor Knox. July 19, 1862 Slavery Slaves: Uncle Billy

    Record Type: Archive

  12. 2011-014-002-035 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. July 21, 1862 Southern friend joined Northern army; troop movements; duties of Quartermaster; news of friends; detailed description of battles and emotions; food prices in Petersburg; damage to Fredericksburg homes; stores kept open to prevent Yankees from renting them; need every man to join since Lincoln drafted 300,000 more; ashamed of cousin who paid for a substitue - a mere boy; Nor...

    Record Type: Archive

  13. 2011-014-002-036 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Slaves: George, Charles, Alexander Birthday wishes; news of family and friends; tea is scarce in Richmond; wounds and death of friends in battle; Fredericksburg wages for son and slaves; friends visiting in Petersburg.

    Record Type: Archive

  14. 2011-014-002-037 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Letter from Old Capitol Prison; hostages; possible release from prison; Yankee control in Fredericksburg; prison conditions; must earn a living for family; need help for release from prison; family news; troop movements.

    Record Type: Archive

  15. 2011-014-002-038 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Imprisonment of Fredericksburg men; Yankee treatment of Fredericksburg residents; General Pope forbids letters or messages to or from the front; Confederate cause; sickness and wounded; worry about Sam joining up and alcohol; worry that Yankees or slaves will rifle home; news of friends; mother ill.

    Record Type: Archive

  16. 2011-014-002-039 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Fredericksburg men taken as hostages; battles on James River; visit to Petersburg; news of friends; religous service; thoughts on youth at war; low army morals; loss of compassion; romance; Jefferson Davis's proclamation for Jackson's Army to raise the "black flag" regarding Pope's Army -- to take no prisoners.

    Record Type: Archive

  17. 2011-014-002-046 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Difficulty of correspondence; provisions sent to camp delayed; supplies sent to Robert's mess; family has only one white servant to help; news of friends and family; conditions in Fredericksburg, including lack of goods; blockade; offer of clothing and bedding to boys; rumors of another battle; letter sent from prison in bootleg of federal officer; money and food supplied to father in pris...

    Record Type: Archive

  18. 2011-014-002-047 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Effect of snow when troops have no tents, blankets; rumors about troop movements; details of Yankee raid in town; Yankee cavalry impressive; fighting in streets; Lt. Thompson's wake and funeral; many Southern soldiers on leave in town taken prisoner; news of friends; father sending cavalry boots to boys in camp; difficulty in getting letters to front; news of European support; English vess...

    Record Type: Archive

  19. 2011-014-002-050 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Robert Taylor Knox to Virginia Ann Soutter Knox Slavery Slaves: Sarah, Rosina, Gennie Was in Fredericksburg for three days following battle; great damage to family home, described room by room; all food gone; father and brothers sleeping in parlor; person letters strewn everywhere; damage to mill and other buildings on Knox lot caused by Confederates as well as Yankees; many houses burn...

    Record Type: Archive

  20. 2011-014-002-055 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Furniture being shipped out by degrees; no furloughs since battle is felt imminent near Fredericksburg; General Hooker's Division crossed six miles above Falmouth; shell exploded accidently by soldiers in town caused general alarm and troops on both sides lined up to fight; plenty to eat in Fredericksburg; no mail with Arkansas; details of friend's illness and death; sermonizes on evils of...

    Record Type: Archive

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