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.

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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

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