Personal and Civil War correspondence of Benjamin, including a letter to the Richmond "Whig" in vindication of the burning of Richmond by his brother, Richard, in 1865. The papers of Richard Stoddert Ewell, general in the Confederate Army, include a letter concerning his defenses of Richmond in 1864; a voucher for rations for his staff; a letter, 1862, from Stonewall Jackson commenting on the battle of Cedar Mountain; a note, 1863, concerning the beginning of the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Carlisle, Pa., toward Gettysburg; and a letter book giving an interesting account of the maneuvers of the Army of Northern Virginia, especially the attacks on the north side of the James River, September 29, 1864.
