Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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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.

Box and Folder Listing

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Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence re: Civil War, 1875-1908

Item 1: Correspondence, J. Lyle Flack to Walter H. Taylor, 1875 March 2
Item 2: Clippings, Norfolk Landmark, 1876 June 16
Item 3: Correspondence, J. B. Bachelder To Walter H. Taylor, 1876 September 21
Item 4: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, 1888 October 3
Item 5: Correspondence, L. McLaws to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 May 15
Item 6: Correspondence, Thomas W. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 July 4
Item 7: Correspondence, Jos Van Holt Nash to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 October 6
Item 8: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 October 10
Item 9: Correspondence, J. to unknown, 1892 November 30
Item 10: Correspondence, Benjamin S. Ewell to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 February 15
Item 11: Correspondence, J. Herbert Claiborne To Walter H. Taylor, 1893 December 25
Item 12: Correspondence, J. William Jones to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 January 1
Item 13: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Rev. J. William Jones, 1894 January 3
Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Col. Chas. Marshall, 1894 January 26
Item 15: Extract, from Roots on the war, undated
Item 16: Extract, C. C. Taliaferro, undated
Item 17: Correspondence, C. C. Taliaferro to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 April 10
Item 18: Correspondence, Lawrence Washington to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 April 17
Item 19: Correspondence, C. C. Taliaferro to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 April 25
Item 20: Correspondence, C. G. Buchanan Klophel to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 June 11
Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to C. G. Buchanan Klophel, 1894 June 13
Item 22: Correspondence, Thos. W. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 June 16
Item 23: Correspondence, R. Taylor to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 November 6
Item 24: Correspondence, Thos. W. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February 26
Item 25: Correspondence, Thos. W. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 May 22
Item 26: Correspondence, Thos. W. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 May 22
Item 27: Correspondence, C. C. Taliaferro to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 February 21
Item 28: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 January 9
Item 29: Correspondence, Lawrence Maryr to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 April 7
Item 30: Correspondence, Joseph Bryan to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 April 27
Item 31: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Fitzhugh Lee, 1904 January 15
Item 32: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 January 16
Item 33: Correspondence, Charles Marshall Graves to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 November 22
Item 34: Correspondence, W. Dudley Ponets to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 July 6
Item 35: Correspondence, W. Dudley Ponets to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 July 12
Item 36: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 August 10
Item 37: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Gene L. McLaws, 1907 May 24
Item 38: Extract, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1926 February 21
Item 39: Correspondence, Beverly Tucker to Janet Taylor, 1964 January 23
Item 40: Correspondence, Thomas Pickney to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 41: Pamphlet, Just Before and After Lee Surrendered to Grant, undated
Item 42: Correspondence, Lee to Stuart, June 22
Item 43: Speech, Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence re: Civil War, 1845-1908

Item 1: Correspondence, William H. Fitzhugh Lee to "brother", 1845 December 18
Item 2: Notes, Staff officer. C. S. Army, undated
Item 3: Correspondence, "Loring" to unknown, 1861 September 8
Item 4: List, provisions, 1861 December
Item 5: List, provisions, 1862 January 1
Item 6: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to L. Croper, 1862 September 9
Item 7: Correspondence, R. H. C. to Gen. McLaws, 1862 September 14
Item 8: Correspondence, H. B. McClellan to B.H. Robertson, 1863 September 10
Item 9: Correspondence, P. H. Langden to William S. Bailey, 1863 September 25
Item 10: Correspondence, A. P. Tasker to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 August 10
Item 11: Correspondence, A. R. Lawston to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 April 30
Item 12: Correspondence, C. A. Battle to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 November 21
Item 13: Correspondence, Charles Marshall to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 November 23
Item 14: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to C.A. Battle, 1895 November 25
Item 15: Correspondence, Peter J. Otey to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 22
Item 16: Correspondence, Geo. J. Rogers to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 22
Item 17: Correspondence, C. A. Battle to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 24
Item 18: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to C. A. Battle, 1896 January 25
Item 19: Correspondence, Osman Latrobe to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 27
Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Osman Latrobe, 1896 January 29
Item 21: Correspondence, Osman Latrobe to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 30
Item 22: Correspondence, Osman Latrobe to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 31
Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to C. A. Battle, 1896 February 4
Item 24: Correspondence, C. A. Battle to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February 5
Item 25: Correspondence, A. McC. Duncan to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February 23
Item 26: Correspondence, John Ropes to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 January 22
Item 27: Correspondence, John Ropes to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 January 29
Item 28: Correspondence, R. G. McFerran to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 April 7
Item 29: Correspondence, William H. Stewart to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 May 1
Item 30: Correspondence, R. G. McFerran to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 May 8
Item 31: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Dr. Edwin D. Newton, 1903 May 11
Item 32: Correspondence, R. E. Lee general order, 1905 April 10
Item 33: Correspondence, Inda B. Hays to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 May 10
Item 34: Correspondence, T. M. R. Talcott to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 December 31
Item 35: Correspondence, W. W. Page to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 6
Item 36: Clipping, The Circle, General Lee as I Knew Him, 1908 January
Item 37: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Edwin D. Newton, undated

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence, Sally Tompkins, 1890-1916

Item 1: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, undated
Item 2: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1890 July 26
Item 3: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1894 August 6
Item 4: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1896 February 6
Item 5: Correspondence, Sally Tompkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 March 27
Item 6: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1895 October 1
Item 7: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1902 April 3
Item 8: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1902 August 21
Item 9: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1903 October
Item 10: Correspondence, Sally Tompkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 January 28
Item 11: Correspondence, Hubbard to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 March 8
Item 12: Correspondence, Hubbard to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 June 21
Item 13: Power of attorney, Sally Tompkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 April 28
Item 14: Check, Walter H. Taylor to H. L. Page, 1907 March 9
Item 15: Accounting, Sally Tompkins, 1907 March 11
Item 16: Correspondence, Sally Tompkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 April 12
Item 17: Flier, Stocks and bonds at auction, 1908 April 15
Item 18: Deed, Annie E. Haulin, 1910 February 9
Item 19: Accounting, Sally Tompkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1916 January 26

Folder 4: Clippings, 1864-1890

Item 1: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1864 February 11
Item 2: Clipping, News and Courier, 1874 June 9
Item 3: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1876 June 16
Item 4: Clipping, unknown, 1877 September 24
Item 5: Clipping, Philadelphia Weekly, 1885 September 12
Item 6: Clipping, The Richmond Dispatch, 1887 October 28
Item 7: Clipping, unknown, 1888 March 6
Item 8: Clipping, The New York Herald, 1888 March 21
Item 9: Clipping, The Richmond Dispatch, 1888 June 14
Item 10: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1889 December 12
Item 11: Clipping, The Richmond Dispatch, 1889 December 12
Item 12: Clipping, The Richmond Dispatch, 1890 January 31
Item 13: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1890 May 15
Item 14: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1890 May 29
Item 15: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1890 May 30

Folder 5: Clippings, 1891-1957

Item 1: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1891
Item 2: Clipping, The Saturday Globe, 1891 February 28
Item 3: Clipping, The Philadelphia Press, 1891 July 26
Item 4: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1892 June 15
Item 5: Clipping, The Sun, 1894 January 21
Item 6: Clipping, The Petersburg, 1894 March 24
Item 7: Clipping, The Petersburg Daily, 1894 May 6
Item 8: Clipping, The Petersburg Daily, 1896 January 21
Item 9: Excerpt, Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, 1897 October
Item 10: Clipping, The Sun, 1897 November 24
Item 11: Clipping, The Sun, 1897 November 24
Item 12: Clipping, Clinch Valley News, 1897 December 24
Item 13: Clipping, Brooklyn Citizen, 1900 April 11
Item 14: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1900 August 21
Item 15: Clipping, The Daily Press, 1902 April 4
Item 16: Clipping, The Central Presbyterian, 1906 January 23
Item 17: Clipping, The Virginian-Pilot, 1906 March 28
Item 18: Clipping, The Times-Dispatch, 1906 December 16
Item 19: Clipping, New York Herald, 1907 January 15
Item 20: Clipping, The Sun, 1907 January 20
Item 21: Clipping, unknown, 1909 December 13
Item 22: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1911 January 18
Item 23: Clipping, The Times-Dispatch, 1913 July 29
Item 24: Clipping, unknown, 1915 April 20
Item 25: Clipping, The Sunday Journal, 1915 June 6
Item 26: Clipping, The Virginian-Pilot, 1927 January 14
Item 27: Clipping, The Norfolk Landmark, 1927 January 16
Item 28: Clipping, The Saturday Review, 1950 July 8
Item 29: Clipping, The New York Times, 1952 January 20
Item 30: Clipping, The New York Times, 1954 October 26
Item 31: Clipping, Ledger Dispatch and Star, 1957 May 15

Folder 6: Clippings, undated

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