Civil War 150 Legacy Project (Program/Project)

Snapshots of Violence

The Common Ground Virginia History Book Club focuses on approachable books focused on Virginia-centered nonfiction. Most of these books are historical narratives and biographies such…

Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2022

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

‘It’s a Southern Sun That Shines Down on This Yankee Boy’: The E. L. Molineux Collection

The Edward L. Molineux collection, 1861-1915, was scanned as part of the CW150 Legacy Project and recently added to the Library of Virginia’s Transcribe web site.…

Renee SavitsSeptember 28, 2016

Archives Digital Projects

Howdy!: The Letters of John R. Morris

Recently I was approving some transcriptions done by our virtual Library volunteers on the Making History: Transcribe website and came across a collection of letters written by…

Renee SavitsAugust 12, 2015

Archives Digital Projects

"Nothing but…"

The Runkle family of Greene County, Virginia, had seven children, among them three sons who all served in the Confederate army. The Civil War 150 Legacy…

Library of VirginiaDecember 3, 2014

Digital Projects

"Half way across the river"

Robert Cromwell (1838-1918) was a Union soldier serving in the 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company A. For several months during the spring and summer of 1864…

Library of VirginiaNovember 4, 2014

Digital Projects

A "Passport for Any-Where"

Recently I stumbled upon one of the more interestingly-worded government documents that I have ever encountered. Housed in the papers of Confederate soldier G.B. Lamar,…

Library of VirginiaSeptember 24, 2014

Digital Projects

Wartime musings on God and nature

In my work for the Civil War 150 Legacy Project, I recently came across the diary of Aquilla Peyton (1837-1875). A private in the Confederate Army,…

Library of VirginiaAugust 27, 2014

Digital Projects

Come On, Make Some History!

We’re happy to announce that Making History: Transcribe is now live! This site will enable users to transcribe documents in the Library of Virginia collections in…

Sonya ColemanAugust 19, 2014

Digital Projects

"Oh Abraham Abraham!! Why hast thou forgotten me!"

The Civil War 150 Legacy Project has been travelling around Virginia and scanning privately held Civil War-related manuscript documents for the past four years. Recently, as I…

Renee SavitsMay 21, 2014

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

My dear and most affectionate lover

Laura Drake Davis and I spent most of 2010-2012 on the road scanning and collecting images for the CW150 Legacy Project. It was not until recently…

Renee SavitsMarch 15, 2013

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

150 years later, nearly 400 letters reveal one couple’s Civil War story

The CW 150 Legacy Project was recently in Fairfax for a scanning event at the City of Fairfax Regional Library. The event was a great…

Renee SavitsJuly 6, 2011

First L.A., then Manhattan. LVA Staff in the News.

Two Library of Virginia staff members were mentioned in recent newspaper stories in both the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. Edwin Ray, Reference Services Librarian, was…

Dale DulaneyMarch 28, 2011

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CW 150 coverage from the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Check out the video at the link below of the CW 150 Legacy Project in action here at the Library of Virginia. It's provided courtesy…

Dale DulaneyFebruary 16, 2011

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

CW 150 in Print and on Television.

In case you missed it the CW 150 Legacy Project ‘s visit to the Campbell County courthouse in Rustburg was featured recently in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and on…

Dale DulaneyJanuary 25, 2011

Digital Projects The Stacks

Have scanner, will travel

As you may have heard from this blog and other sources, the CW 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access is an effort to locate Civil War-era…

Laura Drake DavisDecember 1, 2010