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Companay K, 5th Virginia Infantry - Stonewall Brigade, Reenactment Unit Papers

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1471 THL

Scope and Content: This collection contains newsletters, clippings, programs, correspondence, financial information, and other materials concerning Co. K, 5th VA Infantry—Stonewall Brigade Reenactment Unit.

(2 boxes) Last updated 07/04.

Biographical/Historical: Company K. 5th Virginia Infantry was re-activated in Winchester in August 1959. Among those members were several descendants of men who served in the original unit. The group participated in reenactments and other commemorative events.

Cite As: Company K, 5th Virginia Infantry—Stonewall Brigade Reenactment Unit Papers, 1471 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Bandy Ball Winchester Civil War Round Table, newsletter, 1960-64, unnumbered items, typescript

Captain John H. Quick Correspondence, 1960-67, unnumbered items, some typescript, some manuscript

Centennial Newsletter, Virginia Civil War Commission, newsletter, 1962-64, unnumbered items, typescript

Civil War Centennial Commission newsletter, 1960-65, unnumbered items, printed
newsletters titled "100 Years After" starting November 1962

Company K Clippings 1959-69, 8 folders, unnumbered items, newspaper clippings, printed

Company K Correspondence and Organizational Material, 1959-65, 5 folders, unnumbered items, some typescript, some manuscript

Deeds, Certificates, Maps, Programs 1963-64, unnumbered items, printed

Financial and Membership Information, 1961-65, unnumbered items, some typescript, some manuscript

Financial/Tax Information, 1963-69, unnumbered items, some typescript, some manuscript

Insurance Information, 1963-68, unnumbered items, typescript

Miscellaneous Items (postcards, facsimiles of Confederate money, invitations), unnumbered items, printed

Reenactment Planning Information 1960-66, unnumbered items, some printed, some typescript

State Corporation Commission Registration and Reports 1964-66, unnumbered items, mainly printed, some manuscript

Box 2

Pages from scrapbook of reenactment group activities