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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 43^rd 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)

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286 WFCHS