Barclay Letters

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

JAMES GRAHAM LEYBURN LIBRARY

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY

LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA  24450

 

Alexander Tedford Barclay Papers (collection 002)

.4 linear feet

The collection consists of 69 letters from Barclay (1844-1915) to his family in Lexington. Barclay entered Washington College at the age of 15 and then served in the Liberty Hall Volunteers, a component of the famous Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army. The letters reveal the everyday life of a regular soldier. The horrors of war changed Barclay as time progressed and he developed a more profound religious outlook. He later gave long service as a Trustee of Washington and Lee. These letters have been published in an volume edited by Charles Turner, Ted Barclay, Liberty Hall Volunteers: Letters From the Stonewall Brigade (1861-1864) . It is included in our Faculty Publications collection.

Folder List

Folder 1 - Control Folder

Folder 2 - Correspondence June 1861

Folder 3 - Correspondence July-August 1861

Folder 4 - Correspondence December 1861

Folder 5 - Correspondence January 1862

Folder 6 - Correspondence February 1862

Folder 7 - Correspondence March-April 1862

Folder 8 - Correspondence May 1862

Folder 9 - Correspondence May 1863

Folder 10 - Correspondence June 1863

Folder 11 - Correspondence July 1863

Folder 12 - Correspondence August-September 1863

Folder 13 - Correspondence October-November 1863

Folder 14 - Correspondence December 1863

Folder 15 - Correspondence January-March 1864

Folder 16 - Correspondence April-May 1864

Folder 17 - Correspondence June-August 1864

Folder 18 - Correspondence (typescripts) 1861-1864

Folder 19 - Duplicate Correspondence 1861-1864

Folder 20 - Miscellaneous notes of Professor W.G. Bean - no date

Folder 21 - Photograph of Barclay

Folder 22 - Duplicate Correspondence

 

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