Creator	Blackford, Launcelot Minor, 1894-1964 1837-1914
Title	Launcelot M. Blackford Letters
Description	Launcelot M. Blackford was born in Caroline County, Virginia in 1837 to William M. Blackford and Mary Berkley Minor. Just prior to the start of the Civil War, Launcelot was a student at the University of Virginia. During the early part of the war, he served as a private in Archibald Graham's Light Artillery Company (1st Rockbridge Artillery) and later as a clerk in the Confederate Military Court. Following the war he served as Head of the Episcopal High School for boys in Alexandria, Virginia from 1870 to 1913. Contains the transcibed correspondence of Launcelot M. Blackford to his father William M. Blackford and other family members in Virginia from June 1860 to December 1861. Includes letters from Manassas Junction, Charlottesville, Fairfax Station, Lynchburg, Winchester and Martinsburg, Virginia (currently West Virginia) during the first year of the American Civil War.
Date	1860-1861
Time Period	1860-1861
LC Subject Headings	Blackford, Launcelot Minor, 1894-1964 1837-1914 Blackford, William Matthews, 1801-1864 Blackford, Mary Berkley Minor Kean, Robert Garlick Hill, 1828-1898 Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Rockbridge Battery University of Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
EOA Categories	Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life Peoples -- Domestic Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0188
File Name	0188-03-0015cb.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2070512
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge