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
286 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of personal correspondence to John S. Russell, officer on the staff of Col. John S. Mosby. It includes letters from John S. Mosby, newspaper articles, and flyers concerning Mosby. John S. Russell, 1841-1932, lived in Clarke County, Virginia.
(1 box) Last updated 08/09.
Biographical/Historical: John Singleton Russell was born on March 13, 1841, to Michael and Nancy Russell. He married Harriet Collins. Russell served the Confederacy during the entire Civil War serving part of that time as an officer on the staff of Col. John S. Mosby. Serving as commanding officer of Company C of the 43rd Virginia Battalion, he earned the reputation of being a fearless and daring assistant to Col. Mosby. After the war, he returned to the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Russell died on Feb. 21, 1932 and is buried near Berryville, VA.
Bibliography: “Final Call for John S. Russell,” The Winchester Evening Star, February 22, 1932
Cite As: John Singleton Russell Papers, 286 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization:
Box 1
Confederate Veterans - annual meeting certificate, 1920, 1 item, printed
Confederate Veterans Magazine – Obituary and Tribute to John S Russell, July, 1932 and November, 1932, 2 items
Correspondence, 1869-1934 includes the following:
Date |
Addressed to |
Location |
From |
Location |
January 18, 1869 |
John Russell |
Berryville VA |
Joseph F. McAllen |
New York City |
April 14, 1873 |
John Russell |
Warrenton VA |
John S. Mosby |
|
May 3, 1873 |
John Russell |
Warrenton VA |
John S. Mosby |
|
|
Lt John S Russell |
New York |
J. J. Williamson |
|
June 1896 |
Veterans Cavalry Association |
Richmond VA |
W. Ben Palmer |
|
July 14, 1896 |
Lt. John Russell |
Millwood VA |
George H. Burwell |
|
February 18, 1897 |
Mr. John Russell |
Berryville |
Laurence Wilson |
Washington DC |
August 28, 1899 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
San Francisco |
October 7, 1903 |
Lt. John Russell |
Berryville, VA |
WH Chapman |
Nashville TN |
April 12, 1905 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
Dept. of Justice, Washington |
April 13, 1907 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
Dept. of Justice, Washington |
June 13, 1908 |
[Mosby] |
|
Roger A. Pryor |
New York City |
July 20, 1908 |
John Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
Washington DC |
July 24, 1908 |
Colonel J. S. Mosby |
|
Eben Swift |
Washington |
July 28, 1908 |
Major Eben Swift |
|
John S. Mosby |
|
June 28, 1909 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
|
July 28, 1909 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
|
September 7, 1909 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
|
January 19, 1911 |
John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
Washington DC |
June 8, 1913 |
John S, Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
|
October 16, 1913 |
John S. Russell |
Berryville VA |
D. Gallaher |
Charleston WV |
February 17, 1915 |
Mr. John S. Russell |
|
John S. Mosby |
the Alamo, Washington |
June 28, 1918 |
J. S. Russell |
|
[F. A. Strother] |
|
July 1918 |
Mr. John S. Russell |
|
F. A. Strother |
Winchester, VA |
December 17, 1921 |
Lt. John Russell |
|
[Frank M. Augelo] |
|
April 28, 1929 |
John S. Russell |
|
Julian M. Lillis |
Richmond VA |
No date |
Lt. John S. Russell |
|
D. C. Gallaher |
Charleston-Kanawha WV |
September 25, 1924 |
John S. Russell |
|
(?)Lintz |
|
August 13, 1925 |
John S. Russell |
Berryville VA |
M. S. Thompson |
|
October 13, 1934 |
Miss Elizabeth Russell |
Berryville VA |
A. R. Arnette |
|
Custer Men: J. W. Barnes, 1 item, manuscript on printed card, n.d.
Flyers include the following:
"Colonel Mosby's New Book," 1907, 1 page, printed and
"Reunion of Mosby's Men," 1914, 2 leaves, printed
News clippings, unnumbered, printed
Will—Russell, John S.—Sept. 17, 1928, 2 leaves, Typescript (photocopy)