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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
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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 4
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- Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1862
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- Item 1: Orderly book, 1862
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- Folder 2: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1872 January 19
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- Item 1: Booklet, The Campaigns of Gen. Robert E. Lee: An Address by Jubal A. Early, 1872 January 19
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- Folder 3: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1888 October
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- Item 1: Booklet, Pickett or Pettigrew?: An Historical Essay by Capt. W. R. Bond, 1888 October
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- Folder 4: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1894 January 19
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- Item 1: Booklet, Appomattox: An Address by Colonel Charles Marshall, 1894 January 19
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- Folder 5: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Journals, 1894
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- Item 1: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 July
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- Item 2: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 September
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- Item 3: Journal, Confederate War Journal, 1894 October
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- Folder 6: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1905 January 20
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- Item 1: Booklet, The Battle near Spotsylvania Courthouse: An Address by Col. W. E. Cutshaw, 1905 January 20
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- Folder 7: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907
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- 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
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- Folder 8: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907 January 20
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- Item 1: Booklet, Lee the Christian Hero by Rev. Randolph H. McKim, 1907 January 20
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- Folder 9: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Magazine, 1907 May
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- Item 1: Magazine, The Pennsylvania-German, 1907 May
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- Folder 10: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1907 September 17
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- Item 1: Booklet, The Greatest Confederate Commander, 1907 September 17
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- Folder 11: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1909
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- Item 1: Booklet, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in the Gettysburg Campaign by Randolph Harrison McKim, 1909
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- Folder 12: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1909 January 11
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- Item 1: Booklet, Robert E. Lee as a citizen, soldier, and statesman by W. U. Hensel, 1909 January 11
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- Folder 13: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1910
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- Item 1: Booklet, Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Shenandoah" and "Nashville" by Captain William C. Whittle, 1910
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- Folder 14: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1911
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- Item 1: Booklet, Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign by T. M. R. Talcott, 1911
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- Folder 15: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Booklet, 1914-1915 August
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- Item 1: Booklet, The Forged Letter of General Robert E. Lee read by Charles A. Graves, 1914 August 4-6
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- Item 2: Booklet, The Forged Letter of Gen. Robert E. Lee supplementary papers read by Charles A. Graves, 1915 August 4-6
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- Folder 16: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Book, 1926
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- Item 1: Book, The Military Education of Robert E. Lee by Brig. General Eben Swift, 1926
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- Folder 17: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Maps, 1891-1894
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- Item 1: Map, Battlefields of Virginia, 1891
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- Item 2: Map, Confederate War Map of the "Vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula", 1892
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- Item 3: Map, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, 1894
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- Folder 18: Excerpt, undated
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- Item 1: Excerpt, Lee at Appomattox: Personal recollections of the break-up of the Confederacy by E. P. Alexander, undated
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- Folder 19: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Confederate memorabilia, 1867-1906
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- Item 1: Memoir, The Last year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America by Lieutenant-General Jubal A. Early, 1867
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- Item 2: Pamphlet, Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association, 1869 July 20
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- Item 3: Invitation, From "Mayo" to Walter H. Taylor, 1889 May 1
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- Item 4: Booklet, Review of General James Longstreet's Book by Colonel Henderson, 1896
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- Item 5: Booklet, Speech of Capt. W. Gordon McCabe, 1899 December 22
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- Item 6: Booklet, The Confederate Veteran by Gen. E. P. Alexander, 1902 June 9
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- Item 7: Booklet, The Confederate Soldier: His motives and aims by Randolph H. McKim, 1904 June 14
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- Item 8: Booklet, Sixteenth annual Banquet of the Confederate Veteran Camp, 1906 January 24
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- Item 9: Booklet, Confederate Memorial Verses by Beverley D. Tucker, undated
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- Item 10: Brochure, The Last Meeting of Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson, undated
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- Item 11: Pamphlet, Memorial Service for Hon. Jefferson Davis, undated
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- Item 12: Excerpt, To the Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Confederate Army, undated
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