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Conditions Governing Access

The collection open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence, Ms1982-007, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in April 1982.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence was completed prior to 2001.

Biographical Note

Alexander Floyd Wall was a farmer in Montgomery County, Virginia. Wall's brother-in-law Waddy Thompson James (1836-1926 or 1931) was a Captain of Company B and then Lieutenant Colonel of the 57th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. He organized Company B, or the "Franklin Sharpshooters," of men from Franklin County, Virginia. James was injured in the Battle of Malvern Hill (July 1862), resigned from service soon thereafter, and returned to his farm in Franklin County. After the war, James served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1864-1878) and the Virginia Senate (1879-1882) as a representative from Franklin County.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photocopies of four letters, 1862-1865, three of which are from Wall to Waddy Thompson James. Wall's letters describe conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier. Transcripts of the letters are available.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).