2 May 1861

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Letcher

Colonel Pryor writes to Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Recommends Colonel George C. Cabell (possibly George Craighead Cabell), for the position of paymaster for the Virginia forces. Of Cabell, Pryor writes, "He is a gentleman of the highest character... and is besides an officer of skill an experience."

GLC02461.29

29 December 1883

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Darwin C. Pavey

Gives biographical information on himself. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03467.06

18 December 1862

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Gibbs

General Pryor instructs, "Don't carry your troops to Blackwater Bridge in the morning. Hold them in readiness to join me at Franklin. The enemy threatens us seriously." Gibbs notes, in pencil, that he received this message at 9:30 pm. Possibly to Colonel George C. Gibbs of the 42nd North Carolina Infantry.

GLC02216

February 3, 1865

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. T. Hunter

Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am anxious beyond expression to return to my dear, beloved South; and if it be possible that you can do anything in this behalf, you will infinitely oblige." Written from Fort Lafayette, New York. Many pencil notes on verso. Pryor, Confederate soldier from Virginia, was confined on 29 November 1864 at Fort Lafayette, Virginia and paroled on 15…

GLC02236

1858/05/02

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Burnell

Explains his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., and recommends caution in regard to the Ynipani treaty. Indicates that "they will try to represent us as in sympathy with the British.

GLC02071