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Custodial History

The B.R. Linkous Letter was part of the Civil War Collection, Mss. 39.1 C76, until November 2017. The former citation was Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

B.R. Linkous, Lt.(?) Colonel Commanding, 36th Virginia Regiment, Camp near Charleston, W. Va., to Colonel John McCausland, Commanding 4th Brigade. Reports on the 36th Virginia Regiment's march from Camp Dickinson to Charleston.

Scope and Contents

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 36th
• McCausland, John
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.