Officers' and soldiers' letters, dated 1861-1866, 1876, and undated (499 items), consist of letters from Confederate personnel, largely commenting on camp life, food, health, weather, homesickness, military campaigns and battles, prisoners and prison life, and prices. One letter of 1876 by Lewis E. Harvie, former president of the Richmond, Danville, and Piedmont railroads, defends the railroad's role in supplying the defense of Richmond.
