Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers

Collection Overview

Title: Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers

Predominant Dates:1810, 1837-1916

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-233

Creator: Taylor, Walter Herron (1838-1916)

Extent: 9.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by series in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 01/18/1964

Languages: English [eng]

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

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

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

Box 2

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - General Correspondence, 1868-1899

Item 1: Correspondence, Ivy Warron to Walter H. Taylor, 1868 November 29
Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "sister", 1874 January 14
Item 3: Correspondence, John Letcher to Walter H. Taylor, 1875 November 11
Item 4: Correspondence, E. D. Townsend to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 March 15
Item 5: Correspondence, John B. Bachelder to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 August 21
Item 6: Correspondence, S. R. Johnston to Walter H. Taylor, 1879 July 11
Item 7: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1881 July 30
Item 8: Correspondence, W. M. Byrne to Walter H. Taylor, 1881 November 20
Item 9: Correspondence, M. P. Robertson to Walter H. Taylor, 1882 October 2
Item 10: Correspondence, W. P. Hopkins to Walter H. Taylor, 1883 March 19
Item 11: Correspondence, O. F. Bresee & Sons to Walter H. Taylor, 1884 March 4
Item 12: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1888 September 26
Item 13: Correspondence, "Crump" to Walter H. Taylor, 1889 March 26
Item 14: Correspondence, George Carr Eggleston to Walter H. Taylor, 1889 April 13
Item 15: Correspondence, Thomas Ellett to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 May 15
Item 16: Correspondence, George Thomas to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 July 1
Item 17: Correspondence, W. W. Page to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 July 30
Item 18: Correspondence, Daniel Butterfield to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 September 27
Item 19: Correspondence, Daniel Butterfield to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 October 10
Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Daniel Butterfield, 1890 October 11
Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1890 October 20
Item 22: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 November 18
Item 23: Correspondence, T. A. to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 January 14
Item 24: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 June 10
Item 25: Correspondence, Dabney H. Maury to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 August 25
Item 26: Correspondence, John H. Leathers to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 April 5
Item 27: Correspondence, R. B. Poore to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 October 12
Item 28: Correspondence, Fred R. Scott to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 October 13
Item 29: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 November 10
Item 30: Correspondence, George S. Bernard to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 May 14
Item 31: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1894 July
Item 32: Correspondence, Mrs. B. J. Turnbull to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 October 28
Item 33: Correspondence, J. Jones to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 January 7
Item 34: Correspondence, Kimball and Fink to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 August 22
Item 35: Correspondence, Burton N. Harrison to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 November 30
Item 36: Correspondence, J. C. Ropes to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 September 3
Item 37: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1896 September 24
Item 38: Correspondence, J. M. Spencer to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 March 20
Item 39: Correspondence, J. Taylor Ellyson to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 May 19
Item 40: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to J. Taylor Ellyson, 1897 May 26
Item 41: Correspondence, J. Jones to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 September 7
Item 42: Correspondence, H. E. Peyton to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 October 10
Item 43: Correspondence, John E. Laughton, Jr. to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 November 6
Item 44: Correspondence, F. A. Colstor to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 March 22
Item 45: Correspondence, John L. Mercer to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 May 2
Item 46: Correspondence, J. C. Courtney to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 July 9
Item 47: Correspondence, J. B. Smith to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 July 20
Item 48: Correspondence, "Uncle Gus" to Walter H. Taylor, 1899 November 1
Item 49: Correspondence, "Uncle Gus" to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 50: Correspondence, "Uncle Gus" to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 51: Correspondence, "Uncle Gus" to Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - General Correspondence, 1900-1915

Item 1: Correspondence, "Taylor" to Mrs. Walter H. Taylor, 1901 July 21
Item 2: Correspondence, Henry E. Young to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 April 22
Item 3: Correspondence, A. J. Hemphill to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 July 17
Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1903 August 7
Item 5: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 January 13
Item 6: Correspondence, C. C. Pernick to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 January 13
Item 7: Correspondence, C. C. Pernick to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 January 29
Item 8: Correspondence, William Brown to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 February 8
Item 9: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to William Brown, 1904 February 23
Item 10: Correspondence, A. Myers to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 May 23
Item 11: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 November 24
Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to John W. Daniel, 1904 November 29
Item 13: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 December 4
Item 14: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 December 17
Item 15: Correspondence, John W. Daniel to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 December 20
Item 16: Correspondence, Philip Alexander Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 October 12
Item 17: Correspondence, Theodore D. Rich to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 December 29
Item 18: Correspondence, Theodore D. Rich to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 January 26
Item 19: Correspondence, J. M. Spencer to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 May 5
Item 20: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to William Meade Clark, 1906 July 21
Item 21: Correspondence, Harry S. Lutz to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 August 31
Item 22: Correspondence, S. W. Meek to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 January 3
Item 23: Correspondence, Louis G. Young to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 January 29
Item 24: Correspondence, P. H. Mayo to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 May 14
Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to J. R. Cooke, 1907 October 25
Item 26: Correspondence, Fred Cross to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 December 30
Item 27: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 5
Item 28: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 11
Item 29: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 12
Item 30: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 20
Item 31: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 March 28
Item 32: Correspondence, J. C. Hood to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 August 11
Item 33: Correspondence, M. H. Johnson to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 November 6
Item 34: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1909 April 8
Item 35: Correspondence, Southgate Leigh to Walter H. Taylor, 1909 August 6
Item 36: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Southgate Leigh, 1909 August 7
Item 37: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 November 22
Item 38: Correspondence, Archibald Gracie to Walter H. Taylor, 1912 April 25
Item 39: Correspondence, James Henry Darlington to Walter H. Taylor, 1912 September 27
Item 40: Correspondence, Philip Alexander Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, 1913 June 20
Item 41: Correspondence, "Harry" to Walter H. Taylor, 1914 February 6
Item 42: Correspondence, Philip Alexander Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, 1915 April 24
Item 43: Correspondence, Betty Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, 1915 April 25
Item 44: Correspondence, John P. Green to Walter H. Taylor, 1915 December 18
Item 45: Correspondence, E. B. D. Julio to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 46: Correspondence, E. B. D. Julio to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 47: Correspondence, unknown, undated
Item 48: Correspondence, Betty Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, February 11
Item 49: Correspondence, Betty Bruce to Walter H. Taylor, March 11
Item 50: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "son", August 1
Item 51: Correspondence, Ms. C. Ropes to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 52: Correspondence, "Charles" to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 53: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "aunt", undated
Item 54: Correspondence, Benton Harbor Mich to Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor, Miss Janet Taylor, Correspondence re: Disposition of Taylor Papers, 1960

Item 1: List, Walter H. Taylor Papers, 1861-1948
Item 2: Correspondence, John Melville Jennings to Janet Taylor, 1960 August 16
Item 3: Correspondence, John Melville Jennings to Janet Taylor, 1960 September 19
Item 4: Correspondence, Margaret Sanborn to Janet Taylor, 1960 October 17
Item 5: Invitation, Norfolk Public Library to Family of Walter H. Taylor, 1964 January 18
Item 6: Correspondence, Janet Taylor to Miss Portlock, 1982

Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence, Lee Family, 1870-1911

Item 1: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1870 October 26
Item 2: Correspondence, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1879 July 4
Item 3: Correspondence, W. H. F. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1887 August 11
Item 4: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 June 23
Item 5: Correspondence, "Mary" to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 August 17
Item 6: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 October 26
Item 7: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 November 22
Item 8: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 November 1
Item 9: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 November 5
Item 10: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 November 5
Item 11: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 December 26
Item 12: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 January 4
Item 13: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 January 12
Item 14: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 May 9
Item 15: Correspondence, G.W.C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 May 11
Item 16: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February 5
Item 17: Correspondence, G. W. C. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February 18
Item 18: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 March 20
Item 19: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 March 26
Item 20: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 April 24
Item 21: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 November 23
Item 22: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 June 1
Item 23: Correspondence, Mary Custis Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 December 18
Item 24: Correspondence, Ftizhugh Lee to Walter H. Taylor, April 13
Item 25: Correspondence, Mary Custis Lee to Walter H. Taylor, March 6

Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence, Robert E. Lee to Col. Taylor, 1866-1869

Item 1: Correspondence, Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1866 December 28
Item 2: Correspondence, Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1867 November 2
Item 3: Correspondence, Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1868 March 26
Item 4: Correspondence, Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1869 December 2

Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence re: General Robert E. Lee

Item 1: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to W. H. Thomas, 1861 October 19
Item 2: Correspondence, General Lee to Secretary of War, 1864 August 23
Item 3: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 July 31
Item 4: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1866 May 25
Item 5: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1868 April 13
Item 6: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1868 April 13
Item 7: Correspondence, R. E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor, 1870 January 3
Item 8: Correspondence, A. C. Stewart to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 May 12
Item 9: Correspondence, Bedford Brown to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 December 28
Item 10: Correspondence, L. M. to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 January 2
Item 11: Correspondence, F. M. Colston to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 November 24
Item 12: Correspondence, F. M. Colston to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 July 7
Item 13: Correspondence, F. M. Colston to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 July 12
Item 14: Correspondence, J. B. Savage to Walter H. Taylor, 1902 February 3
Item 15: Correspondence, unknown to "doctor", 1904 January 2
Item 16: Correspondence, Dr. Montgomery to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 April 28
Item 17: Correspondence, W. H. Gaylord to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 November 7
Item 18: Correspondence, WM. B. Selden to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 January 18
Item 19: First draft, General Lee article response, 1908
Item 20: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, February 11
Item 21: Copies, correspondence, General Lee to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 22: Miscellaneous; note, envelopes, article, undated

Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence from Confederate Officers, 1866-1906

Item 1: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1862 August 12
Item 2: Correspondence, J. Esten Cooke to Walter H. Taylor, 1866 July 24
Item 3: Correspondence, J. Esten Cooke to Walter H. Taylor, 1866 October 31
Item 4: Correspondence, Mahone to Walter H. Taylor, 1870 June 16
Item 5: Correspondence, Henry E. Young to Walter H. Taylor, 1874 July 30
Item 6: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1875 November 15
Item 7: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 June 15
Item 8: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1877 June 23
Item 9: Correspondence, J. W. Pegram to Walter H. Taylor, 1890 December 30
Item 10: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Jas. Pegram, 1891 January 1
Item 11: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 April 15
Item 12: Correspondence, Charles Marshall to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 May 26
Item 13: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 September 14
Item 14: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 February 13
Item 15: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 June 26
Item 16: Correspondence, W. Gordon McCabe to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 January 6
Item 17: Correspondence, Henry E. Young to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 November 27
Item 18: Correspondence, Thomas L. Rosser to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 December 21
Item 19: Correspondence, Clement A. Evans to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 March 24
Item 20: Correspondence, Clement A. Evans to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 May 9
Item 21: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 March 18
Item 22: Correspondence, J. B. Gordon to Walter H. Taylor, 1900 January 8
Item 23: Correspondence, Gilbert M. Serrel to Walter H. Taylor, 1901 March 28
Item 24: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Jedediah Hotchkiss, 1905 April 9
Item 25: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 April 23
Item 26: Correspondence, W. Gordon McCabe to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 December 5
Item 27: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to W. Gordon McCabe, 1906 December 8
Item 28: Correspondence, D. S. Freeman to W. H. Taylor III, 1933 June 14
Item 29: Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Correspondence re: Civil War, 1861-1907

Item 1: Roster, 1861
Item 2: Official report, D. S. Donelson, 1861 September 17
Item 3: Correspondence, J. A. Wilson to unknown, 1863 September 25
Item 4: Correspondence, unknown to Walter H. Taylor, 1874 November 11
Item 5: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1875 November 24
Item 6: Correspondence, C. L. Stevenson to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 January 6
Item 7: Correspondence, G. W. Hansbrough to Walter H. Taylor, 1876 August 12
Item 8: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1886 May 25
Item 9: Correspondence, Fitzhugh Lee to unknown, 1894 August 5
Item 10: Correspondence, J. H. Carter to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 August 10
Item 11: Correspondence, S. R. Willis to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 November 21
Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Fitzhugh Lee, 1894 December 4
Item 13: Correspondence, S. R. Willis to Walter H. Taylor, 1894 December 19
Item 14: Correspondence, S. G. F. to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 July 12
Item 15: Correspondence, C. W. to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 February
Item 16: Correspondence, Lafayette McLaws to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 March 9
Item 17: Correspondence, Jedediah Hotchkiss to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 March 4
Item 18: Correspondence, G. N. Saussy to Walter H. Taylor, 1898 May 4
Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to General Alexander, 1904 June 28
Item 20: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 July 4
Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to S.R. Willis, 1904 November 26
Item 22: Correspondence, E. P. Alexander to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 May 30
Item 23: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Jedediah Hotchkiss, 1907 March 15

Box 3

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

Box 4

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1862

Item 1: Orderly book, 1862

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1872 January 19

Item 1: Booklet, The Campaigns of Gen. Robert E. Lee: An Address by Jubal A. Early, 1872 January 19

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1888 October

Item 1: Booklet, Pickett or Pettigrew?: An Historical Essay by Capt. W. R. Bond, 1888 October

Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1894 January 19

Item 1: Booklet, Appomattox: An Address by Colonel Charles Marshall, 1894 January 19

Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Journals, 1894

Item 1: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 July
Item 2: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 September
Item 3: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 October

Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1905 January 20

Item 1: Booklet, The Battle near Spotsylvania Courthouse: An Address by Col. W. E. Cutshaw, 1905 January 20

Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907

Item 1: Booklet, Virginia (Merrimac) Monitor engagement and a complete story of operations of these two historic vessels in Hampton Roads and adjacent waters by Joseph G. Fiveash, 1907

Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907 January 20

Item 1: Booklet, Lee the Christian Hero by Rev. Randolph H. McKim, 1907 January 20

Folder 9: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Magazine, 1907 May

Item 1: Magazine, The Pennsylvania-German, 1907 May

Folder 10: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907 September 17

Item 1: Booklet, The Greatest Confederate Commander, 1907 September 17

Folder 11: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1909

Item 1: Booklet, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in the Gettysburg Campaign by Randolph Harrison McKim, 1909

Folder 12: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1909 January 11

Item 1: Booklet, Robert E. Lee as a citizen, soldier, and statesman by W. U. Hensel, 1909 January 11

Folder 13: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1910

Item 1: Booklet, Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Shenandoah" and "Nashville" by Captain William C. Whittle, 1910

Folder 14: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1911

Item 1: Booklet, Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign by T. M. R. Talcott, 1911

Folder 15: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1914-1915 August

Item 1: Booklet, The Forged Letter of General Robert E. Lee read by Charles A. Graves, 1914 August 4-6
Item 2: Booklet, The Forged Letter of Gen. Robert E. Lee supplementary papers read by Charles A. Graves, 1915 August 4-6

Folder 16: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Book, 1926

Item 1: Book, The Military Education of Robert E. Lee by Brig. General Eben Swift, 1926

Folder 17: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Maps, 1891-1894

Item 1: Map, Battlefields of Virginia, 1891
Item 2: Map, Confederate War Map of the "Vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula", 1892
Item 3: Map, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, 1894

Folder 18: Excerpt, undated

Item 1: Excerpt, Lee at Appomattox: Personal recollections of the break-up of the Confederacy by E. P. Alexander, undated

Folder 19: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Confederate memorabilia, 1867-1906

Item 1: Memoir, The Last year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America by Lieutenant-General Jubal A. Early, 1867
Item 2: Pamphlet, Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association, 1869 July 20
Item 3: Invitation, From "Mayo" to Walter H. Taylor, 1889 May 1
Item 4: Booklet, Review of General James Longstreet's Book by Colonel Henderson, 1896
Item 5: Booklet, Speech of Capt. W. Gordon McCabe, 1899 December 22
Item 6: Booklet, The Confederate Veteran by Gen. E. P. Alexander, 1902 June 9
Item 7: Booklet, The Confederate Soldier: His motives and aims by Randolph H. McKim, 1904 June 14
Item 8: Booklet, Sixteenth annual Banquet of the Confederate Veteran Camp, 1906 January 24
Item 9: Booklet, Confederate Memorial Verses by Beverley D. Tucker, undated
Item 10: Brochure, The Last Meeting of Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson, undated
Item 11: Pamphlet, Memorial Service for Hon. Jefferson Davis, undated
Item 12: Excerpt, To the Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Confederate Army, undated

Box 5

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Manuscript Notes, undated

Item 1: Manuscript note, page 10, undated
Item 2: Manuscript note, second Manassas, undated
Item 3: Manuscript notes, forty years after the war, undated
Item 4: Excerpt, What A Boy Saw of the Civil War: with glimpses of General Lee, undated
Item 5: Manuscript notes, undated
Item 6: Manuscript note, Monthly report of 1863 May 31, undated
Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to the Editor of the Philadelphia Times, undated
Item 8: Announcement, General Lee; His campaigns in Virginia 1861-1865, undated
Item 9: Manuscript notes, Campaign in Western Virginia, undated
Item 10: Excerpt, Chapters from Walter H. Taylor's book, undated
Item 11: Miscellaneous, Manuscript notes, undated

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Publication Correspondence, 1888-1907

Item 1: Correspondence, The North American Review to Walter H. Taylor, 1888 October 2
Item 2: Correspondence, J. P. Thomas to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 May 6
Item 3: Correspondence, John B. Dunbar to Walter H. Taylor, 1897 December 4
Item 4: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to S.B. Woodfin, 1903 January 15
Item 5: Correspondence, J. L. Hall to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 February 26
Item 6: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to J. L. Hall, 1903 March 3
Item 7: Correspondence, Walter H. Page to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 August 12
Item 8: Correspondence, Walter H. Page to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 August 22
Item 9: Correspondence, Henry W. Lewis to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 October 11
Item 10: Correspondence, S. B. Woodfin to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 January 1
Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Page to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 January 17
Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to D. Appleton & Co., 1906 April 9
Item 13: Correspondence, D. Appleton & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 April 12
Item 14: Correspondence, D. Appleton & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 April 17
Item 15: Correspondence, D. Appleton & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 April 20
Item 16: Correspondence, Braunworth & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 July 3
Item 17: Correspondence, Braunworth & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 July 6
Item 18: Correspondence, F. M. Colston to Walter H. Taylor, 1907 January 17
Item 19: Note, 1907 February 23

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Business Correspondence, 1856-1922

Item 1: Correspondence, J. T. Loutter to Walter H. Taylor, 1856 May 24
Item 2: Correspondence, J. T. Loutter to Walter H. Taylor, 1856 May 26
Item 3: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1858 May 11
Item 4: Correspondence, George H. Fitzwilson to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 5
Item 5: Correspondence, Henry E. Johnston to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 11
Item 6: Correspondence, Samuel B. Paul to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 14
Item 7: Correspondence, Francis H. Smith to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 19
Item 8: Correspondence, Alexander Stoddart to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 23
Item 9: Correspondence, Montague Brothers to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 29
Item 10: Correspondence, W. A. Seaver to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 30
Item 11: Correspondence, P. Campbell to Walter H. Taylor, 1865 August 30
Item 12: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to unknown, 1872 October 15
Item 13: Correspondence, A. J. Martin to Walter H. Taylor, 1872 December 14
Item 14: Correspondence, unknown to Andrew Martin, 1872 December 16
Item 15: Correspondence, J. E. W. to Andrew Martin, undated
Item 16: Correspondence, J. M. White to Walter H. Taylor, 1877 September 5
Item 17: Correspondence, F. T. Hay to Walter H. Taylor, 1883 October 1
Item 18: Correspondence, H. C. Hardy & Sons to Walter H. Taylor, 1884 February 20
Item 19: Correspondence, Marshall Parks to Walter H. Taylor, 1884 December 17
Item 20: Correspondence, White & Garnett to Walter H. Taylor, 1885 May 4
Item 21: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to A. J. Martin, T. E. Elliott, J. H. Walker, 1886 December 6
Item 22: Correspondence, C. G. Ramsey to Board of Directors, 1891 May 28
Item 23: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 May 21
Item 24: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1895 June 21
Item 25: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 April 14
Item 26: Correspondence, Henry A. to Walter H. Taylor, 1900 February 23
Item 27: Correspondence, R. R. Bradley to Walter H. Taylor, 1901 October 11
Item 28: Correspondence, Myers & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1902 October 27
Item 29: Correspondence, D. Lowenberg to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 February 18
Item 30: Correspondence, D. Lowenberg to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 March 16
Item 31: Correspondence, Barton Myers to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 December 10
Item 32: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 November 4
Item 33: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 January 6
Item 34: Correspondence, J. W. Perry to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 June 20
Item 35: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 November 14
Item 36: Correspondence, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 January 23
Item 37: Correspondence, W. J. L. to Walter H. Taylor, 1909 April 5
Item 38: Correspondence, M. W. Muller to Walter H. Taylor, 1909 April 6
Item 39: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Montgomery Ward & Co., 1909 November 12
Item 40: Correspondence, G. B. Williams to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 November 9
Item 41: Correspondence, M. W. Muller to Walter H. Taylor, 1913 March 6
Item 42: Correspondence, Edgar A. Altland to Walter H. Taylor, 1922 March 27
Item 43: Correspondence, T. S. M. to A., undated
Item 44: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Walter H. Page, undated
Item 45: Correspondence, unknown, undated
Item 46: Correspondence, J. B. Trippe to unknown, undated
Item 47: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "Jally", undated
Item 48: Miscellaneous, notes, undated

Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Legal documents, 1872-1902

Item 1: Charter of the Marine Bank of Norfolk, 1872
Item 2: Deed, W. Talbott Walke, 1876 May 23
Item 3: Deed, J. D. Brody, 1876 May 23
Item 4: Deed, John T. Redmond, 1876 August 21
Item 5: Deed, John T. Redmond, 1877 June 30
Item 6: Power of Attorney, Kate R. Pollard, 1880 March 27
Item 7: Corporation Court, The Norfolk City Railroad Company vs. The Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, 1886 May 6
Item 8: Corporation Court, The Norfolk City Railroad Company vs. The Exchange National Bank of Norfolk, 1887 July 21
Item 9: Deed, Margaret Lamb, 1900 November 12
Item 10: Deed, John T. Woodhouse, 1901 November 7
Item 11: Will, Howard N. Johnson, 1902 August 28
Item 12: Contract, Mary N. Johnson, Emily E. Johnson, and Sallie K. Zane, 1902 August 28
Item 13: Contract, Mary N. Johnson and Emily E. Johnson, 1902 August 28
Item 14: Deed, Mary N. Johnson and Emily E. Johnson, 1902 August 28
Item 15: Indenture, Howard H. Johnson, 1902 August 28
Item 16: Estate, Howard N. Johnson, 1902 October 17

Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Financial Records, 1881-1906

Item 1: Account Book, Trustee accounts, 1881-1882
Item 2: Account Book, Trustee accounts, 1881-1882
Item 3: Funds of Walter H. Taylor, 1881-1882
Item 4: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1881 October 12
Item 5: Correspondence, H. C. Hardy to Walter H. Taylor, 1882 February 6
Item 6: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1882 February 6
Item 7: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1882 February 8
Item 8: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1882 March 7
Item 9: Correspondence, Chase Olney Alach to Walter H. Taylor, 1882 March 9
Item 10: Correspondence, H. C. Hardy to Walter H. Taylor, 1882 March 9
Item 11: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1882 April 13
Item 12: Check, Walter H. Taylor to The Bank of New York, 1882 April 18
Item 13: Note, The Bank of New York, 1882 June
Item 14: Invoice, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 April 14
Item 15: Invoice, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1896 July 1
Item 16: Check, O. F. Bresee & Sons to Walter H. Taylor, 1900 March 3
Item 17: Check, M. B. Flock to The Marine Bank of Norfolk, 1900 October 30
Item 18: Check, The Marine Bank of Norfolk to Norfolk Yarn Mills, 1903 June 19
Item 19: Agreement, Lamberts Point Knitting Mill to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 December 10
Item 20: Check, Norfolk Yarn Mills to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 March 1
Item 21: Check, The Marine Bank of Norfolk to Norfolk Yarn Mills, 1904 March 23
Item 22: Invoice, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 January 6
Item 23: Invoice, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1905 February 6
Item 24: Invoice, David Bendann to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 January 1
Item 25: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Book, 1891 October 3

Item 1: Book, Infantry Drill Regulations- United States Army, 1891 October 3

Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Centennial Celebration, 1887-1912

Item 1: Invitation, Lee Monument Association, 1887 October 27
Item 2: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Clarence W. Bower, 1889 April 10
Item 3: Invitation, Centennial Celebration Ball, Metropolitan Opera House, 1889 April 29
Item 4: Invitation, Centennial Celebration Naval Display, 1889 April 29
Item 5: Invitation, Centennial Celebration Reception, 1889 April 29
Item 6: Program, The Virginians: Centennial Celebration of Washington's Inauguration, 1889 April 30
Item 7: Invitation, Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington, 1889 April 30
Item 8: Invitation, Commemoration of the Inauguration of George Washington, 1889 April 30
Item 9: Invitation, Centennial Celebration, 1889 April 30
Item 10: Invitation, The Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington, 1889 April 30
Item 11: Invitation, Centennial Celebration, 1889 May 1
Item 12: Invitation, Unveiling the Monument at the Grave of Gen. T. J. Jackson, 1891 May 30
Item 13: Correspondence, Henry to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 January 23
Item 14: Invitation, Mr. L. G. Johnson's Dinner, 1912 November 7

Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous, undated

Item 1: Book, Charts of The History and Government of the United Sates, 1892
Item 2: Magazine, The Iron Worker, 1948
Item 3: Journal, Military Collector & Historian, 1960
Item 4: Booklet, "L'APOGEE", undated

Box 6

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Financial records, 1862-1915

Item 1: Receipt, Pulaski House, 1862 March 3
Item 2: Financial report, 1863 January 1
Item 3: Receipt, WM. H. Bernard, 1879 June 1
Item 4: Invoice, Seaboard Company, 1880 January
Item 5: Account record, 1882 April
Item 6: Receipt, 1882 June
Item 7: Invoice, H. C. Hardy & Sons, 1884 February 2
Item 8: Invoice, James O'Rourke, 1888 March 2
Item 9: Invoice, A. A. McCullough, 1889 April 20
Item 10: Invoice, 1889 April 30
Item 11: Invoice, 1893 July 16
Item 12: Financial record, 1890-1894
Item 13: Personal Investments, 1895 July 16
Item 14: Deposits, 1895-1897
Item 15: Invoice, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1899 May 24
Item 16: Statement of notes, 1900-1902
Item 17: Invoice, The Colonial Press, 1901 January 2
Item 18: Invoice, The Colonial Press, 1901 February 12
Item 19: Invoice, J. B. Trippe & Company, 1901-1902
Item 20: Loan agreements, 1904-1907
Item 21: Account statements, 1905-1906
Item 22: Payment on contract, 1906 January 29
Item 23: Payment on contract, 1906 March 20
Item 24: Statement, 1906 May
Item 25: Withdrawal statement, 1909 June 2
Item 26: Financial record, 1914 March 10
Item 27: Miscellaneous checks, 1880-1913
Item 28: Miscellaneous financial notes, 1838-1907

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Receipts, 1879-1915

Item 1: Receipt, City of Portsmouth, 1879 August 25
Item 2: Receipt, H. C. Hardy & Sons, 1882 April 29
Item 3: Receipt, 1886 January 3
Item 4: Receipt, 1886 May 10
Item 5: Receipt, 1889 January 5
Item 6: Receipt, City of Norfolk, 1890 August 11
Item 7: Receipt, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1895 August 24
Item 8: Receipt, The Colonial Press, 1900 April 23
Item 9: Receipt, The Colonial Press, 1900 June 5
Item 10: Receipt, The Colonial Press, 1900 July 10
Item 11: Receipt, N. D. McDonald Co., 1900 November 24
Item 12: Receipt, National Press Association, 1910 August 4
Item 13: Driver's License, 1912 February 1
Item 14: Driver's License, 1913 January 7
Item 15: Receipt, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1913 November 28
Item 16: Receipt, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1914 November 27
Item 17: Driver's License, 1915 January 4
Item 18: Receipt, City of Norfolk, 1915 November 23
Item 19: Receipt, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1915 November 29
Item 20: Receipt, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1915 November 29
Item 21: Receipt, The Colonial Press, undated
Item 22: List, Bills, undated

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Life Insurance, 1871-1915

Item 1: Insurance policy, 1871 March 2
Item 2: Correspondence, J. C. Deming to Walter H. Taylor, 1871 March 31
Item 3: Insurance policy, Notes, 1871 December 14
Item 4: Insurance policy, 1872 January 1
Item 5: Insurance policy, 1872 March 2
Item 6: Insurance policy, 1873 January
Item 7: Insurance policy, 1873 March 2
Item 8: Insurance policy, 1874 March 2
Item 9: Insurance policy, 1874 March 20
Item 10: Insurance policy, 1875 March 2
Item 11: Insurance policy statement, 1876
Item 12: Insurance policy, 1876 March 2
Item 13: Insurance policy statement, 1877
Item 14: Insurance policy, 1877 March 2
Item 15: Insurance dividends, 1877
Item 16: Insurance policy statement, 1878
Item 17: Insurance assessment, 1878 January 31
Item 18: Insurance policy, 1878 March 2
Item 19: Insurance assessment, 1878 April 2
Item 20: Insurance policy statement, 1879
Item 21: Insurance quarterly dues, 1879 January 20
Item 22: Insurance assessment, 1879 February 13
Item 23: Insurance policy, 1879 March 2
Item 24: Insurance assessment, 1879 March 13
Item 25: Insurance quarterly dues, 1879 April 2
Item 26: Insurance assessment, 1879 May 5
Item 27: Insurance quarterly dues, 1879 July 2
Item 28: Insurance assessment, 1879 July 5
Item 29: Insurance assessment, 1879 September 1
Item 30: Insurance quarterly dues, 1879 October 1
Item 31: Insurance policy statement, 1880
Item 32: Insurance policy, 1880 March 2
Item 33: Insurance assessment, 1880 July 26
Item 34: Insurance assessment, 1880 September 25
Item 35: Receipt, 1880 October 1
Item 36: Insurance policy statement, 1881
Item 37: Insurance assessment, 1881 January 1
Item 38: Receipt, 1881 January 1
Item 39: Insurance assessment, 1881 February 2
Item 40: Insurance assessment, 1881 March 2
Item 41: Insurance policy, 1881 March 2
Item 42: Receipt, 1881 April 1
Item 43: Insurance assessment, 1881 May 16
Item 44: Insurance assessment, 1881 June 16
Item 45: Receipt, 1881 July 1
Item 46: Insurance policy statement, 1882
Item 47: Insurance policy, 1882 March 2
Item 48: Insurance policy statement, 1883
Item 49: Insurance quota, 1883
Item 50: Insurance policy, 1883 March 2
Item 51: Insurance policy statement, 1884
Item 52: Insurance policy, 1884 March 2
Item 53: Check, 1884 March 3
Item 54: Insurance policy statement, 1885
Item 55: Insurance policy, 1885 March 2
Item 56: Insurance policy, 1886 March 2
Item 57: Insurance policy, 1887 March 2
Item 58: Insurance policy, 1888 March 2
Item 59: Insurance policy, 1889 March 2
Item 60: Insurance policy, 1890 March 2
Item 61: Insurance policy, 1891 March 2
Item 62: Insurance policy, 1892 March 2
Item 63: Insurance policy, 1893 March 2
Item 64: Insurance policy, 1894 March 2
Item 65: Insurance policy, 1895 March 2
Item 66: Insurance policy, 1896 March 2
Item 67: Insurance policy, 1897 March 2
Item 68: Insurance policy, 1898 March 2
Item 69: Insurance policy, 1899 March 2
Item 70: Insurance policy, 1900 March 2
Item 71: Insurance policy, 1901 March 2
Item 72: Insurance policy, 1902 March 2
Item 73: Insurance policy, 1903 March 2
Item 74: Insurance policy, 1904 March 2
Item 75: Insurance dividend, 1905
Item 76: Insurance policy, 1905 March 2
Item 77: Insurance policy, 1906 March 2
Item 78: Insurance dividend, 1907
Item 79: Insurance policy, 1907 March 2
Item 80: Insurance policy, 1908 March 2
Item 81: Insurance policy, 1909 March 2
Item 82: Insurance dividend, 1910
Item 83: Insurance policy, 1910 March 2
Item 84: Insurance policy, 1911 March 2
Item 85: Insurance policy, 1912 March 2
Item 86: Insurance policy, 1913 March 2
Item 87: Insurance policy, 1914 March 2
Item 88: Insurance policy, 1915 March 2
Item 89: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Investments, 1879-1913

Item 1: Correspondence, John Milligan to Seaboard Insurance Company, 1879 February 21
Item 2: Correspondence, Margaret Lindsey to W. T. Walke, 1879 September 24
Item 3: Correspondence, Jno. C. Ashton to W. T. Walke, 1879 December 30
Item 4: Miscellaneous notes, 1880 January
Item 5: Miscellaneous notes, 1880 February 14
Item 6: Tax receipt, 1880 March 14
Item 7: Correspondence, D. S. Henderson to W. T. Walke, 1880 March 22
Item 8: Correspondence, J. D. Brady to Walter H. Taylor, 1880 June 24
Item 9: Tax receipt, 1880 May 31
Item 10: Correspondence, Cameron, Hay & Co. to Walter H. Taylor, 1881 April 7
Item 11: Stock certificate, 1890 May 22
Item 12: Stock certificate, 1908 June 24
Item 13: Correspondence, Berthold Kende to Walter H. Taylor, 1908 June 26
Item 14: Check, 1909 February 10
Item 15: Stock certificate, 1909 February 10
Item 16: Correspondence, The Ellsworth Company to Walter H. Taylor, 1909 February 25
Item 17: Stock certificate, 1909 July 1
Item 18: Correspondence, The American Trustee Company to The Stockholders of North American Wireless, 1910 July 9
Item 19: Stock certificate, 1910 August 20
Item 20: Correspondence, Joseph Andrews to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 January 24
Item 21: Correspondence, Radio Stockholders Protective Alliance Trustees to Radio and North American Stockholders, 1911 September 12
Item 22: Check, 1911 September 20
Item 23: Correspondence, Robert E. Hamblin to Walter H. Taylor, 1911 September 21
Item 24: Correspondence, W. B. Robinson to Walter H. Taylor, 1913 April 4
Item 25: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to W. B. Robinson, 1913 April 7
Item 26: Correspondence, W. B. Robinson to Walter H. Taylor, 1913 April 9
Item 27: Correspondence, William Newcorn to Stockholders of North American Wireless Corporation, 1913 August 23
Item 28: Correspondence, William Newcorn to Stockholders of North American Wireless Corporation, 1913 August 23
Item 29: Correspondence, Jno. C. Ashton to Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 30: Announcement, North American Wireless Corporation, undated
Item 31: Pamphlet, North American Wireless Corporation, undated
Item 32: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Real Estate, 1851-1884

Item 1: Miscellaneous notes, 1851
Item 2: Correspondence, Bryan Lynch to Hospital, 1868 October 31
Item 3: Correspondence, Bryan Lynch to Hospital, 1868 November 14
Item 4: Correspondence, Byran Lynch to Hospital, 1868 November 28
Item 5: Correspondence, Sewall to Walter H. Taylor, 1880 January 22
Item 6: Receipt, S. S. Dawes, 1882 June 24
Item 7: Real estate, 1884 October 21
Item 8: Receipt, E. J. Powell, 1884 November 5

Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Episcopal Church Papers, 1878-1915

Item 1: Booklet, Elizabeth River Parish, 1878 November 10
Item 2: Statement of receipts, Christ Church, 1900 April 30
Item 3: Correspondence, Vestry of Christ Church to the Congregation of Christ Church, 1905 February 1
Item 4: Booklet, 1907 January 3
Item 5: Notice, Christ Episcopal Church, 1907 February 14
Item 6: Pamphlet, 1907
Item 7: Pledge, 1908 April 18
Item 8: Minutes, 1908 June 17
Item 9: Pamphlet, 1909
Item 10: Pamphlet, 1910
Item 11: Booklet, Old Donation Church, 1911
Item 12: Contract, 1912 April 15
Item 13: Pamphlet, 1912
Item 14: Pamphlet, 1913
Item 15: Excerpt, Christ Church Chronicles, 1914
Item 16: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to "Judge", 1914 April 9
Item 17: Notice, 1914 April 15
Item 18: Pamphlet, 1914 April 19
Item 19: Excerpt, Christ Church Chronicles, 1915
Item 20: Notice, 1915 April 4
Item 21: Clipping, undated
Item 22: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Obituary, 1916 March

Item 1: Clippings, Obituary, Col. Walter H. Taylor, 1916 March

Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Resolutions, 1916 March

Item 1: Resolution, Christ Episcopal Church, 1916 March 2
Item 2: Resolution, Marine Bank, 1916 March 9
Item 3: Minutes, Col. Walter H. Taylor death, 1916 April 13

Folder 9: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Sympathy Correspondence, 1916

Item 1: Telegrams, Sympathy, 1916
Item 2: Correspondence, Sympathy, 1916

Folder 10: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Mrs. Walter H. Taylor Death, 1916 June

Item 1: Correspondence, Sympathy, 1916 June
Item 2: Telegrams, Sympathy, 1916 June

Box 7

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous, 1853-1906

Item 1: Correspondence, John P. Kinned to Robert Galt, 1853 February 3
Item 2: Diploma, Virginia Military Institute, 1857 July 4: Located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1.
Item 3: Correspondence, J. J. Fauntteroy to Mr. Knox, 1859 November 22
Item 4: Correspondence, George K. Fox Jr. to unknown, 1864 September 15
Item 5: Deed, 1865 December 28
Item 6: Correspondence, Mrs. J. Douglas Thorton to Gen. R. E. Lee, 1868 March 16
Item 7: Certificate, 1877 April 24
Item 8: Correspondence, unknown to F. Anthony, 1877 December 20
Item 9: Pamphlet, Address of RT. Rev. C. C. Penick, D. D., 1888 May 26
Item 10: Excerpt, General Orders No. 47, 1890 November 6
Item 11: Magazine, The Church Militant, 1906 November
Item 12: Miscellaneous Notes, undated
Item 13: Notes, Walter H. Taylor Memorial, undated
Item 14: Correspondence, Clifford Millard to Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous, 1861-1963

Item 1: Poem, 1861 September 13
Item 2: Correspondence, Gen. Robert Lee to unknown, 1863 January
Item 3: Speech, Walter H. Taylor, 1875 June
Item 4: Deed, 1885 February 11
Item 5: Clipping, 1886 February 9
Item 6: Certificate, 1887 April 9
Item 7: Correspondence, John R. Cooke to Walter H. Taylor, 1887 October 22
Item 8: Receipt, 1891 December 1
Item 9: Invitation, 1893 April 21
Item 10: Correspondence, S. G. Wallace to Walter H. Taylor, 1893 October 13
Item 11: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to W. T. DeVan, 1896 June 19
Item 12: Certificate, 1899 February 3
Item 13: Clippings, 1900
Item 14: Minutes, 1901 July 18
Item 15: Correspondence, L. S. Foster to Walter H. Taylor, 1901 July 23
Item 16: Certificate, 1903 June 1
Item 17: Correspondence, College of William and Mary to Walter H. Taylor, 1903 December 21
Item 18: Correspondence, B. S. Carroll to Walter H. Taylor, 1904 May 3
Item 19: Correspondence, Mrs. Laura Fancheur to Walter H. Taylor, 1906
Item 20: Speech, 1907 May 16
Item 21: Correspondence, Abby Role to Walter H. Taylor, 1912 January 31
Item 22: Clipping, 1912 October 27
Item 23: Driver's License, 1913 December 31
Item 24: Speech, 1914 December
Item 25: Miscellaneous, Anniversary congratulations, 1915 April
Item 26: Deposit, 1918 April 11
Item 27: Membership, 1927 April 12
Item 28: Correspondence, Cecil M. McCulley to R. K. T. Larson, 1963 July 11
Item 29: Miscellaneous, postcards, undated
Item 30: Miscellaneous, Notes, undated
Item 31: Miscellaneous, lock of hair, undated

Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Miscellaneous envelopes, undated

Item 1: Postage stamps, undated

Folder 4: Saunders Family, 1810 March 17

Item 1: Clipping, Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, 1810 March 17

Folder 5: Saunders Family Papers - Captain John L. Saunders, 1828-1888

Item 1: Deed, 1828 November 22
Item 2: Agreement, 1837 February 18
Item 3: Statement, 1837 August
Item 4: Check, 1837 December 29
Item 5: Correspondence, W. C. Wirt to J. L. Saunders, 1841
Item 6: Correspondence, W. C. Wirt to J. L. Saunders, 1841 June 5
Item 7: Statement, 1842 January
Item 8: Correspondence, J. M. to J. L. Saunders, 1842 October 23
Item 9: Note, William G. Sands to John Saunders, 1843
Item 10: Receipt, 1844 May 25
Item 11: Statement, 1844 March
Item 12: Correspondence, James Buchanan to John L. Saunders, 1845 February 23
Item 13: Statement, 1845 March
Item 14: Receipt, 1846 June 24
Item 15: Contract, 1847 October 15
Item 16: Correspondence, Thomas Green to John L. Saunders, 1850 February 14
Item 17: Stock certificate, 1852 April 23
Item 18: Receipt, 1852 July 1
Item 19: Stock certificate, 1853 August 17
Item 20: Notes, 1854 March 20
Item 21: Correspondence, W. H. Garosen to John L. Saunders, 1854 May 13
Item 22: Agreement, 1854 August 1
Item 23: Correspondence, Tazwell Taylor to John L. Saunders, 1860 October 31
Item 24: Claim, 1888
Item 25: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 September 8
Item 26: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 September 15
Item 27: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John. L Saunders, 1888 September 27
Item 28: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 13
Item 29: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 16
Item 30: Correspondence, Tallmadge & Tallmadge to John L. Saunders, 1888 October 26
Item 31: Correspondence, John L. Saunders to Walter, 1888 November 7
Item 32: Correspondence, John L. Saunders to Walter, 1888 November 9
Item 33: Miscellaneous notes, undated

Folder 6: Cowdery Family Papers, 1852-1898

Item 1: Stock certificate, 1852 September 2
Item 2: Receipt, 1853 April 25
Item 3: Stock certificate, 1857 May 14
Item 4: Contract, 1859 August 12
Item 5: Certificate, 1861 April 2
Item 6: Estate inventory, 1862 January
Item 7: Correspondence, A. G. Leonard to Cowdery, 1863 December 11
Item 8: Note, 1869 November 30
Item 9: Correspondence, A. A. Cowdrey to unknown, 1872
Item 10: Agreement, 1872 November 8
Item 11: Receipt, 1873 June 23
Item 12: Deed, 1883 May 1
Item 13: Certificate, 1895 March 21
Item 14: Deed, 1898 February 10
Item 15: Will, undated

Box 8

Folder 1: Saunders Family Papers - Palmer Saunders, 1861-1864

Item 1: Correspondence, unknown to Isaac Toucey, 1861 February 5
Item 2: Correspondence, S. R. Mallory to Palmer Saunders, 1861 August 14
Item 3: Correspondence, S. R. Mallory to Palmer Saunders, 1861 August 14
Item 4: Correspondence, Frank Buchanan to Palmer Saunders, 1861 December 19
Item 5: Correspondence, Palmer Saunders to "sister", 1862
Item 6: Correspondence, Palmer Saunders to "sister", 1862 May 11
Item 7: Correspondence, Secretary of the Navy to Palmer Saunders, 1862 September 3
Item 8: Correspondence, John K. Mitchell to Palmer Saunders, 1863 June 4
Item 9: Correspondence, Palmer Saunders to "sister", 1863 August 24
Item 10: Correspondence, Palmer Saunders to "ma", 1863 December 11
Item 11: Correspondence, Benjamin P. Loyall to Mrs. Saunders, 1864 February 6
Item 12: Correspondence, John Taylor Wood to Mrs. Saunders, 1864 February 7
Item 13: Correspondence, Committee to Mrs. Saunders, 1864 February 10
Item 14: Notice, 1864 February 10
Item 15: Correspondence, B. S. S. to Cousin William, 1864 March 4
Item 16: Correspondence, William Mason Turner to Bettie Saunders, 1864 March 20
Item 17: Correspondence, William Sheppardson to Bettie Saunders, 1864 April 11
Item 18: Correspondence, Martha Saunders to "Ben", undated
Item 19: Correspondence, Martha Saunders to unknown, undated
Item 20: Correspondence, Palmer Saunders to "sister", undated
Item 21: Correspondence, Bettie Saunders to John Taylor Wood, undated
Item 22: Clippings, 1864 March
Item 23: Photographs, undated

Folder 2: Saunders Family Papers - Martha B. Saunders, 1838-1886

Item 1: Correspondence, Henry L. Allmand to John Selden, 1838 August 22
Item 2: Correspondence, Martha Saunders to Walter Taylor, 1860 May 14
Item 3: Pension, 1861 January 1
Item 4: Memorandum, 1862 February 26
Item 5: Correspondence, John Selden to Martha Saunders, 1862 March 31
Item 6: Correspondence, Joseph H. Barrett to Martha Saunders, April 10
Item 7: Receipt, 1862 August
Item 8: Correspondence, John Selden to Martha Saunders, 1862 December 20
Item 9: Correspondence, Walter Taylor to Martha Saunders, 1863 July 13
Item 10: Correspondence, unknown, 1864 January 8
Item 11: Provosts, 1865 May 27
Item 12: Correspondence, J. W. Tabor to W. Selden, 1865 June 28
Item 13: Correspondence, W. Selden to Martha Saunders, 1865 June 29
Item 14: Agreement, 1865 July 1
Item 15: Correspondence, W. Howard to Martha Saunders, 1865 July 2
Item 16: Statement, 1865 July 11
Item 17: Correspondence, J. W. Tabor to Joseph H. Barrett, 1865 July 15
Item 18: Correspondence, W. Selden to Martha Saunders, 1865 July 19
Item 19: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Colonel E. S. Parker, 1865 July 21
Item 20: Correspondence, T. S. Brevet to unknown, 1865 July 24
Item 21: Correspondence, Brevet Brig to Martha Saunders, 1865 August 15
Item 22: Correspondence, Charles E. Johnston to Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 September 25
Item 23: Correspondence, Charles E. Johnston to unknown, 1865 November 13
Item 24: Correspondence, Charles Wilkes to Mr. Harlem, 1865 November 16
Item 25: Correspondence, Martha B. Saunders to unknown, 1866 March 20
Item 26: Correspondence, Martha B. Saunders to Mr. Barrett, 1866 April 6
Item 27: Correspondence, Robert Clark to Martha B. Saunders, 1866 April 16
Item 28: Pension, 1868 July 1
Item 29: Pension, 1874 February 17
Item 30: Receipt, 1879
Item 31: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Martha B. Saunders, 1880 September 22
Item 32: Correspondence, Auditor to Martha B. Saunders, 1884 April 7
Item 33: Correspondence, Auditor to Martha B. Saunders, 1885 March 5
Item 34: Correspondence, Treasurer to Martha B. Saunders, 1885 March 16
Item 35: Statement, 1885 March 25
Item 36: Receipt, 1885 May 21
Item 37: Check, 1885 June 9
Item 38: Receipt, 1885 June 10
Item 39: Contract, 1885 June 10
Item 40: Voucher, 1885 June
Item 41: Receipt, 1885 July 1
Item 42: Receipt, 1885 August 17
Item 43: Correspondence, John Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1886 May 14
Item 44: Receipt, 1886 July 23
Item 45: Map, undated
Item 46: Miscellaneous bank notes, undated
Item 47: Correspondence, W. V. T. to Aunt Martha, December 29
Item 48: Correspondence, John to Aunt Martha, January 27
Item 49: Correspondence, W. V. T. to Aunt Martha, February 21
Item 50: Correspondence, W. V. T. to Aunt Martha, December 21
Item 51: Correspondence, W. V. T. to Aunt Martha, February 27
Item 52: Contract, undated
Item 53: Correspondence, Martha B. Saunders to Walter, undated
Item 54: Correspondence, Martha B. Saunders to "Mann", undated
Item 55: Correspondence, Martha B. Saunders to Bettie Saunders, undated
Item 56: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 3: Saunders Family Papers - Estate of Ellen B. Saunders, 1889-1892

Item 1: Will, 1889 December 13
Item 2: Invoice, 1890 December 30
Item 3: Invoice, John G. Hetzell & Sons, 1891 February 1
Item 4: Invoice, John A. Wilson, 1891 February 1
Item 5: Invoice, St. Timothy's School, 1891 February 1
Item 6: Invoice, Office of Henry W. Rogers, 1891 February 5
Item 7: Invoice, water rent, 1891 February 5
Item 8: Will, 1891 March 3
Item 9: Receipt, 1891 March 3
Item 10: Receipt, 1891 March 10
Item 11: Invoice, Office of Henry W. Rogers, 1891 March 10
Item 12: Receipt, 1891 March 10
Item 13: Invoice, John S. Saunders & Co., 1891 March 13
Item 14: Receipt, 1889 March 25
Item 15: Receipt, 1891 April 3
Item 16: Invoice, Henry W. Rogers, 1891 April 3
Item 17: Receipt, 1891 May 11
Item 18: Invoice, St. Timothy's School, 1891 May 13
Item 19: Receipt, 1891 May 20
Item 20: Receipts, 1891 June 8
Item 21: Receipt, 1891 June 9
Item 22: Receipts, 1891 June 27
Item 23: Bill, state taxes, 1891 June 27
Item 24: Receipt, 1891 July 8
Item 25: Receipt, 1891 July 14
Item 26: Receipt, 1891 July 16
Item 27: Receipt, 1891 August 4
Item 28: Receipt, 1891 September 3
Item 29: Invoice, E. A Kaestner, 1891 September 19
Item 30: Receipt, 1891 September 21
Item 31: Receipt, 1891 September 24
Item 32: Invoice, David M. R. Culbreth, 1891 September 25
Item 33: Receipt, 1891 October 1
Item 34: Invoice, Graham's Warehouse, 1891 October 2
Item 35: Invoice, Jas. L. Hitchens, 1891 October 3
Item 36: Receipt, 1891 October 3
Item 37: Check, 1891 October 9
Item 38: Invoice, Wm. S. Dorritee, 1891 October 17
Item 39: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to Register of Will, 1891 October 19
Item 40: Correspondence, William Robertson to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 October 22
Item 41: Receipt, 1891 October 30
Item 42: Correspondence, William Robertson to Walter H. Taylor, 1891 November 5
Item 43: Correspondence, John Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 November 3
Item 44: Correspondence, John Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, 1892 November 5
Item 45: Correspondence, Walter H. Taylor to George Dillard, December 30
Item 46: Receipt, 1891
Item 47: Correspondence, John Saunders to Walter H. Taylor, September 1
Item 48: Correspondence, Joseph Trapnell to Walter H. Taylor, undated

Folder 4: Saunders Family Papers - Allen Saunders, 1888-1889

Item 1: Invoice, The Public Ledger, 1888 December 21
Item 2: Receipt, 1889 January 17
Item 3: Receipt, 1889 June 22
Item 4: Correspondence, Herbert Nash to Walter H. Taylor, 1889 June 27
Item 5: Business Card, undated

Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Personal Correspondence of Helen Thompson, 1911-1912

Item 1: Correspondence, unknown to Helen Thompson, 1911 February 6
Item 2: Correspondence, unknown to Helen Thompson, 1911 April 26
Item 3: Correspondence, M. L. C. to Helen Thompson, 1911 August 19
Item 4: Correspondence, M. L. C. to Helen Thompson, 1911 September 18
Item 5: Correspondence, M. L. C. to Helen Thompson, 1911 October 2
Item 6: Correspondence, M. L. C. to Helen Thompson, 1911 October 16
Item 7: Correspondence, John W. Wood to unknown, 1911 November 10
Item 8: Correspondence, Jeanette A. to Helen Thompson, 1911 December 22
Item 9: Correspondence, M. L. C. to Helen Thompson, 1911 December 30
Item 10: Correspondence, unknown to Helen Thompson, 1912 January 3

Box 9

Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Photographs

Item 1: Correspondence, Mildred Lee Francis to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 October 24
Item 2: Photographs, San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1905
Item 3: Postcards, Our Indian Armies, 1914-1918
Item 4: Postcards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1915
Item 5: Clipping, New York Times, 1934 January 14
Item 6: Photographs, Blue Ridge Summit House, undated
Item 7: Booklet, Virginia Military Institute: Views of the Ground and Activities, undated
Item 8: Excerpt, Col. Walter H. Taylor by Carrol H. Walker, 1960 May 30
Item 9: Photograph, House of Parliament, London, England, undated
Item 10: Photograph, Albert Hall, undated
Item 11: Photograph, General Gordon Statue, Khartoum, Sudan, 1904 February
Item 12: Photographs, Col. Walter H. Taylor, 1866 March
Item 13: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 14: Photograph, Gen. Custis Lee, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Col. Walter Taylor, 1865
Item 15: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, undated
Item 16: Photograph, Dr. Jonathan Cowdery, 1852 January 1
Item 17: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, 1866
Item 18: Photographs, Col. Walter H. Taylor and family, undated
Item 19: Photograph, Bettie Saunders, undated
Item 20: Photograph, Bettie Saunders, undated
Item 21: Photograph, Family, undated
Item 22: Photograph, Taylor Family, undated
Item 23: Photograph, Taylor Family, undated
Item 24: Photograph, Taylor Family, 1890-1895
Item 25: Photograph, Walter H. Taylor, Virginia Military Institute Cadet, 1853-1855