This collection includes personal letters from Confederate soldiers Jacob B. Click, Lucius C. (A.) Haney, and James F. Ward, discussing personal affairs; love; and the war. Addressees include Evaline Haney, Violey E. Haney, and M.C. Haney. Included are references to the 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, and the 10th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.; military engagements, especially the first battle of Bull Run, the Peninsular Campaign, General Jackson's capture of the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry, and the battles of Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville; prisoners; camp life; sickness and scarcity of food; morale; various Confederate and Union officers; and Union Army, and Confederate Army prisoners.
