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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Title: Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers
Predominant Dates:1810, 1837-1916
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-233
Primary Creator: Taylor, Walter Herron (1838-1916)
Extent: 9.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 01/18/1964
Forms of Material: Agreements, Booklets, Checks (bank checks), Clippings (information artifacts), Contracts, Correspondence, Deeds, Diplomas, Drivers' licenses, Envelopes, Excerpts, Financial records, Fliers (printed matter), Insurance policies, Invitations, Invoices, Journals (periodicals), Lists (document genres), Maps (documents), Minutes (administrative records), Notes, Orderly books, Pamphlets, Photographs, Receipts, Resolutions (administrative records), Rosters, Speeches (documents), Stock certificates, Telegrams, Wills
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.
Biographical Note
Colonel Walter H. Taylor was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1838. He enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in 1853 and graduated in 1857. In 1859 he joined the Norfolk militia and by the beginning of the Civil War he was promoted to the headquarters of the Army of Virginia, becoming the adjunct or aide-de-camp to Confederate General Robert E. Lee for the duration of the war. In 1865 Taylor married his longtime love, Elizabeth "Bettie" Saunders. Upon returning to Norfolk after the war, he became involved in politics by representing Norfolk in the Virginia legislature from 1873-1876. In 1877, Walter H. Taylor became the president of Marine Bank, where he served for nearly 40 years. He was also on the board of the Virginia Military Institute and Norfolk and Western Railroad. He remained a great defender of the Civil War and General Lee. Taylor published two books, Four Years with General Lee in 1877 and General Lee, His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-1865 in 1906. He died from cancer on March 1, 1916 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Janet Taylor by donation
Preferred Citation:
Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers, MSS 0000-233, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June to November 2015.
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1854-1858
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor Sr. to Walter H. Taylor, 1854 September 28
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor Sr. to Walter H. Taylor, 1854 October 13
- Item 3: Correspondence, Duncan Robertson to Walter H. Taylor, 1854 November 8
- Item 4: Correspondence, Duncan Robertson to Walter H. Taylor, 1855 January 1
- Item 5: Religious confirmation, Walter H. Taylor, 1857 March 15
- Item 6: Love letter, Walter H. Taylor, 1858 January 1
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 February 12
- Item 8: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 February 12
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 February 23
- Item 10: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 February 24
- Item 11: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 March 15
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 March 30
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 April
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 April 9
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 April 10
- Item 16: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 April 13
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1858 April 14
- Item 18: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 April 19
- Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 June 4
- Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 June 9
- Item 21: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 August 4
- Item 22: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 August 11
- Item 23: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1858 September 4
- Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 October 23
- Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 November
- Item 26: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mary L. Taylor, 1858 November 20
- Item 27: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 November 25
- Item 28: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 November 26
- Item 29: Miscellaneous envelopes, undated
- Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1859-1860
- Item 1: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, undated
- Item 3: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 4: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 5: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 6: Correspondence, E. M. Rodman to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 June 2
- Item 7: Correspondence, E. M. Rodman to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 June 8
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1859 June 8
- Item 9: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 June 8
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1859 June 21
- Item 11: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 June 21
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1859 June 23
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1859 June 23
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mr. Rodman, undated
- Item 15: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 June 29
- Item 16: Correspondence, Mr. Speed to Walter H. Taylor, 1859 October 12
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, August 4
- Item 18: Correspondence, unknown to Bettie Saunders, undated
- Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, June 27
- Item 20: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, February 16
- Item 21: Correspondence, Mary L. to Walter H. Taylor, 1860 June 6
- Item 22: Clippings, undated
- Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, undated
- Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, undated
- Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, undated
- Item 26: Correspondence, "Sister" to Walter H. Taylor, 1860 August 13
- Item 27: Correspondence, Julia Saunders to Bettie Saunders, undated
- Item 28: Correspondence, "Lizzie" to Bettie Saunders, undated
- Item 29: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to unknown, undated
- Item 30: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to unknown, undated
- Item 31: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 32: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 33: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 34: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 35: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 36: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 37: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to unknown, undated
- Item 38: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 39: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 40: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 41: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 42: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 43: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to unknown, undated
- Item 44: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 45: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 46: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 47: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 48: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, undated
- Item 49: Miscellaneous envelopes, undated
- Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1861-1863
- Item 1: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1861 January 15
- Item 2: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1861 January 18
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1861 January 24
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1861 February 1
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mr. Barrot, 1861 May 13
- Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 May 15
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 June 16
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 August 7
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 August 17
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Dr. Wellford, 1862 August 23
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1862 August 30
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 August 31
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1862 September 7
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1862 September 12
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1862 September 21
- Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1862 September 28
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "brother", 1862 October 15
- Item 18: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 January 26
- Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 March 4
- Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 May 8
- Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 June 11
- Item 22: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1863 June 12
- Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 June 29
- Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1863 July 4
- Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 July 7
- Item 26: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "brother", 1863 July 17
- Item 27: Correspondence, Major to H. B. McClellan; Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 July 18; 1863 July 20
- Item 28: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 August 1
- Item 29: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 August 8
- Item 30: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 August 21
- Item 31: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 October 15
- Item 32: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 October 17
- Item 33: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 October 25
- Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1863
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 October 31
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 November 7
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 November 14
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 November 15
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 November 21
- Item 6: Correspondence, Moore to Bettie Saunders, 1863 November 24
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1863 November 25
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 November 26
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 December 5
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 December 13
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 December 20
- Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1863-1864
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1863 December 27
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 January 6
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 January 24
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 January 28
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 2
- Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 8
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 10
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mr. Thomas, 1864 February 15
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 15
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 21
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 February 23
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 4
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 6
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 8
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 15
- Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 20
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Cornelia Wickham Cowdery, 1864 March 23
- Item 18: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 25
- Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "Isaac", 1864 March 27
- Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 3
- Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 10
- Item 22: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 18
- Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 24
- Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 27
- Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 8
- Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1864
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 May 1
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 May 15
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 May 22
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 May 23
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 May 30
- Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 1
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1864 June 7
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 9
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 15
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 19
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 June 22
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 July 3
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Jeff Davis, 1864 July 8
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 July 10
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 July 22
- Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 July 25
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 August 1
- Item 18: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 August 7
- Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 August 15
- Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 August 24
- Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 August 28
- Item 22: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 September 4
- Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 September 11
- Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 September 18
- Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 September 25
- Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1864-1865
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 6
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 17
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 22
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 24
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 27
- Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 October 30
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 November 1
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 November 7
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 November 15
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 November 27
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 December 4
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 December 12
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 December 18
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1864 December 20
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 January 18
- Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 January 24
- Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence, 1865
- Item 1: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 5
- Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 6
- Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 14
- Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 16
- Item 5: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 20
- Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1865 February 21
- Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 24
- Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 February 28
- Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 March 5
- Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 March 19
- Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1865 March 20
- Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 March 21
- Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 March 23
- Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 March 27
- Item 15: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Bettie Saunders, 1865 July 19
- Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mrs. Walter H. Taylor, 1865 July 21
- Item 17: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Mrs. Walter H. Taylor, 1865 July 22
- Item 18: Miscellaneous, portrait of Walter H. Taylor, undated
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