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[Identification of item], in the Rawley White Martin Papers, #3401, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1958

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• Ashley, Lewis W.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 53rd.
• Essex County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
• Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Jeffries, William G.
• Leisure--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Martin family.
• Martin, Rawley White, 1835-1912.
• Pittsylvania County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
• Union County (Ill.)--Social life and customs.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
• United States. Army. General Hospital (West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Women--Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.

Pittsylvania County, Va., physician, and lieutenant colonel in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, Confederate States of America, who was wounded and captured in 1863, spent some time in federal prisons, was exchanged, and became Confederate prison director at Columbia, S.C., 1864-1865.

Mostly letters, 1861-1865, to Martin from his sisters Mollie, Beckie, Bettie, and Mattie, in Pittsylvania County, Va., about family and community matters; and letters written by Martin describing the movements of his company in the 53rd Regiment of Virginia Volunteers during May-June 1862, and his situation in the United States General Hospital in 1863, after he was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Also included are antebellum letters from members of the family of Lewis W. Ashley, who had settled in Union County, Ill., about their work and situation there as well as postbellum accounts, letters to Martin from William G. Jeffries of Dunnsville, Essex County, Va., about amusements and mutual friends; and tributes to Martin after his death.