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Hampton Roads Naval Operation Base Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-012
Abstract

Eight photographs of Naval Operation Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Dates: 1926-06-12
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ulysses S. Grant to Edward O. C. Ord Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4779
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter signed by General Ulysses S. Grant, written in the form of a telegram to Major General Edward O. C. Ord. The document is dated March 19, 1865, and sent from City Point, Virginia, during the final weeks of the American Civil War. In the message, Grant discusses the arrival of two to three thousand African American individuals accompanying General Philip H. Sheridan and issues orders regarding their transfer to Fort Monroe in Virigina for further processing...
Dates: 1965 March 19
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.016
Identifier: 2009-066
Abstract

This collection consists of twelve photographs depicting scenes from Virginia, such as Fort Monroe, Blue Ridge Mountain, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Old Point Comfort.

Dates: 1913
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W.B. Eager, Jr. to Mary F. Eager Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4866
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a four-page illustrated Civil War-era letter dated November 30, 1862, from W.B. Eager, Jr. to his daughter, Miss Mary F. Eager. Written aboard the Union troop transport City of Bath while anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, en route to New York City, the letter is composed on a printed lettersheet featuring a hand-annotated bird’s-eye view and map titled Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, and Hygeia Hotel, Virginia. Eager...
Dates: 1862
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections