Descriptive Summary
MS 177
Broun
family.
Philip H. Broun Family U.S.
Civil War papers
3 linear inches
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University, Houston, TX
Materials are in English.
The Broun Family U.S.
Civil War papers provide genealogical and historical information on the Broun
and Thruston families and also describe the Broun family's experiences during
the U.S. Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Some items are
photocopies of originals still in possession of the Broun family.
Processing InformationThe index for
Family Events is topical. Individuals are
indexed if they are identifiable by one of the following criteria: a. Military
rank above major, b. Full name given, c. Clearly connected with well known
families. All women and children are indexed under family name only. the names
of battles, places, persons, and military units are those applied by Mrs. Broun
in all but a few (obvious) cases. Listings are by
year/month/day.Originally processed, 1965.
Updated by Adam Nugent, March 2003.
Preferred Citation
Philip H. Broun U.S. Civil War papers, 1854-1889, MS 177, Woodson
Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Scope and Contents
The Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers provide genealogical and
historical information on the Broun and Thruston families and also describe the
Broun family's experiences during the U.S. Civil War. The collection includes a
volume titled
Family Events, as well as two volumes
detailing the Broun and Thruston Family Trees.
The greater portion of Catherine Broun's diary,
Family Events, covers the period of the
Civil War. As the Broun home was in Middleburg, in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia,
Family Events records many of her
observations of Confederate and Union activities. Mrs. Broun dined with
officers of both the Union and Confederate forces, and many of the
conversations at these dinners are recorded or alluded to. She also sheltered
Southern soldiers and officers during the periodic Union occupations of
Middleburg and Sunnyside. The most important of these officers sheltered was
the ranger leader, John Singleton Mosby. Also covered in some detail are the
problems which Union occupation generated in Southern society, especially
involving control of servants and of property.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Broun family -
Genealogy.
Broun family -
History.
Broun, Catherine -
Diaries.
Thruston f amily -
Genealogy.
Subjects (Places)
Shenandoah Valley (Va.) -
U.S. Civil War.
Virginia - U.S. Civil War.
Formats
Diaries.
Correspondence.
Acquisition Information
The three volumes of the Broun Collection were contributed by Philip
Broun. The original manuscript of
Family Events is still in the possession
of the Philip Broun Family. They Library's copy is a bound, printed
transcription of this original, made under the supervision of Philip Broun.
Bound into the same volume are Civil War letters from Thomas L. Broun.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Broun Family U.S. Civil War papers must
be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University.
- Series I: Diary
Family Events, 1854-1889
(see diary index)
- Series II: Letters, 1861
(see letters index)
(bound in volume with diary)
- Series III: Family Trees:
Folder 2 Thruston Family Tree notebook, 1606-1963, and
Folder 3 Broun Family Tree notebook, 1740-1964
Index to Diary, 1854-1889, followed by Index to Letters, 1861
Abolition Congress (see also Emancipation Bill)
[1863 March 4]
African Church
[1862 September 8]
Alcohol, drunkenness
[1861 November 19]
Aldie, Va.
[1862: March 16, 24 April 29 October 10; 1863: March 4 April 9 June
17; 1864: April 29 December 1]
Alexandria, Va.
[ 1861: June 3, 7 July 19 August 30 1862: November 9, 18 1863:
January 1]
Antietam, battle
[1862: September 20, 21, 25]
Artillery, batteries
[1861 July 22]
Artillery, operations
[1861: July 19, 22 November 23 1862: March 19, 23, 26, 27, 30 April
12, 18 July 18 August 24 September 22, 25, 3 1863: April 23 July 10 October 14,
23 1864 September 19 1865 March 24]
Artillery, ordnance
[1862 February 17]
Ashby, Turner
[1862 March 23]
Atwood, Major, Union
[1862 April 24]
Bailey family of Middleburg, Va.
[1861: August 30 November 16 December 21 December 25 1863: July 10
September 19]
Bailey, Edwin
[1861 December 25 1862 August 5, 13 1863 July 10]
Bailey, John
[1862: March 7, 9 September 13 October 14 1863: July 10 October 17
1864 March 7]
Baker, Edward Dickinson, Union General
[1861 October 22]
Baker, James (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861 July 22, 23]
Baker, L. (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861 July 22, 23]
Baker, Richard
[1862 March 13]
Baltimore, Md.
[1863 December 18 1864 September 9]
Ballard, Philip, Union Lieutenant
[1863 June 24]
Baltimore Sun
[1862 April 8, 12]
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss Union General
[1862: March 23 May 29]
Bayer, Z.Z. Colonel, Union
[1863 July 23]
Beaty family (of Middletown, Va.)
[1861: July 7 December 8 1862 March 24]
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, General, CSA
[1861: July 19, 22 November 23 1862 May 5 1863 July 23]
Berry, Summerfield
[1863 March 1]
Black Republicans
[1861 March 6]
Bloomfield, Va.
[1862: March 15 June 29 October 14]
Bribery
[1863 March 1]
Briggs, Henry Shaw Union General
[1863 July 22]
Broun, Oliver
[1861 December 21]
Broun, Thomas Lee (see all of 177a)
[1862 January 15 1864 June 15]
Bull Run, battle, 1st
[1861: July 18, 19, 22, 23 1862: July 18, 21]
Bull Run, battle, 2nd
[1862: August 28 October 21]
Burials, mass graves
[1861 December 8]
Burle General CSA
[1862 April 18]
Carter family
[1862: March 7 May 14]
Carter, Addison
[1862 May 10]
Carter, Edward
[1862 April 24]
Carter, Landon
[1863 June 17]
Castleman's Ferry, Va.
[1862 April 6]
Casualties
[1861: June 3 July 3, 5, 9, 16, 20, 22, 23 December 8, 21, 22 1862:
January 26 March 23 April 6, 7, 12 May 19 June 10, 16 July 12 August 13
September 5, 8, 13, 15, 24, 25 1863: January 1, 30 March 4 April 3 October 17,
21 November 7 1864: May 13 June 15]
Cavalry
[1861 July 22 1862: March 23, 27 April 18 August 5, 28 September 30
November 5 1863: January 1 March 16 April 23 June 18 1864: March 7 April 29
1865 March 24]
Centerville, Va.
[1861: July 18 November 23 1862: March 2, 9, 23 1863: March 16
October 14]
Chapman family (related to the artist)
[1861 July 5]
Charleston, S.C.
[1863 July 23]
Charleston, W. Va.
[1861 July 18 1862 February 28]
Chickahominy River (Va.)
[1862 June 24]
Children and war
[1862: March 7, 29 April 6 1863: January 30 November 7 1864 December
28]
Clark family (of Waterford, Va.)
[1861 August 30]
Cochran family
[1861 December 12 1863 November 29]
Corinth, Miss. (battle and siege)
[1862: April 18 May 5, 6]
Culpeper Court House, Va.
[1862: January 22 June 2 July 18, 28 August 13]
Currency and money
[1862 November 18]
Curtis, Newton Martin Union General
[1862 July 31]
Davis, Jefferson President CSA
[1861 July 22 1863 January 25 1864 November 16 1865 May 2]
Democrats
[1863 January 25]
Deserters, Union 1862 July 26 1863: January 30 February
1
[1862 July 26 1863: January 30 February 1]
Emancipation Bill and Proclamation
[1862: May 1 July 18 1863: January 1 March 4]
Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Va.
[1861: June 3, 7 July 18, 19, 27 1863: March 16 April 20 1864 March
7]
Fast Day, Confederate
[1861 November 15]
Fletcher, T. (chaplain, 39th Mass. Vols.)
[1863 July 23]
Foreign intervention
[1862 April 30 May 8 July 10]
Fort Donelson, Ky. (?)
[1862 February 17, 20, 21, 23]
Fort Pickens, (Fla.?)
[1861 November 27]
France
[1862: April 30 July 10 1863 July 23]
Francis family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861 July 22]
Fortifications
[1862: February 17, 25 March 7 April 18 August 28]
Fredericksburg, Va.
[1863 May 7, 24]
Fredericksburg, battle
[1862: April 6 May 1]
Freedmen
[1862 May 24 1863: February 11 March 16 1864 January 1 1865 May
2]
Furlough, CSA
[ 1862 March 9]
Geary, John White Union General
[1862: March 27 April 8, 10, 24, May 1, 4, 29 June 26]
General anger
[1865 March 7]
Germany
[1862 May 8]
Gettysburg, battle
[1863 July 22 October 21 November 7]
Gibson, Nelson Colonel CSA
[1862: March 7 May 1 1864: May 1 September 19]
Gordonsville, Va.
[1862: March 8 July 28]
Greenfelt, H. M. Union Major
[1863 July 22]
Griffith, Richard General CSA
[1862 March 8]
Harper's Ferry, Va.
[1861 June 3 1862 September 15, 20 1863 December 18 1864 January 1
1865 March 24]
Harper's Weekly
[1862 May 1]
Henter family (related to Gen. Henter)
[1861 July 5]
Henton Colonel CSA
[1861 July 23]
Herndon family (of Northern Va.)
[1861 July 5]
Hill, Ambrose Powell General CSA
[1862 February 25, 27]
Hitaffer, William
[1862 March 16 1864 August 30]
Holy Living, by Taylor
[1864 December 25]
Hood, John Bell General CSA
[1864 December 31]
Hopkins family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1864 September 19]
Hopkins, Howard
[ l862: March 8 May 8]
Hopkins, John
[1862 January 22 1864 September 19]
Hopkins, Luther
[1861: July 16 November 16 December 25 1862: January 22 March 7, 24
April 6 June 16, 29 July 13, 18 August 5, 12 October 14 November 22 November 29
1864 March 7 1865 March 7, 24]
Hopkins, Richard
[1861 December 25]
Hospitals
[1862: January 22 June 10 September 13, 15 1863: January 1 April
3]
Jackson, Henry Rootes General CSA
[1862 January 15]
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," Gen. CSA
[1861 July 5, 22 1862: January 27 March 24 April 6, 30 June 2, 16
July 3 August 24 1863 May 24]
Johnson, James
[1862 March 15 1864 September 19]
Johnston Union Colonel
[1863 April 9]
Johnston, Albert Sidney General CSA
[1862 April 18]
Johnston, J.T. 1861 December 8, 10
[1861 December 8, 10]
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston General CSA
[1861: July 5, 23 November 23 1862: March 8 May 2]
Kincheloe, D.J. (Gen. ?) CSA
[1862 May 6, 8]
Kincheloe, T.
[1861 July 16]
Kisling, Whitefield
[1864 June 15]
Lemmon family
[1861 December 11 1862 March 2]
Lee family
[1863 July 10]
Lee, Robert E. General CSA
[1862 September 20 1865 May 2]
Leesburg, Va.
[1861: June 3 July 16, 18 October 22, 23 November 27 December 8 1862:
February 17, 25, 27 March 2, 7, 8, 15 April 7, 24 August 13 1863 February 14
1865 February 21]
Lincoln, Abraham President Union
[1861: March 6 September 9 1862: March 29 July 12 September 18 1865
May 2]
Linthicum, Mr. (chaplain of T co., 8th Va.) and family
[1861: July 16 October 23 December 8, 25 1862: July 21 September 25,
30 1864 June 15]
Lipscomb, The Reverend and family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861: June 3, 7 July 4, 5, 7, 23, 27 August 30 November 16, 23, 27
December 8, 21 1862: January 22 March 7, 23 June 29]
Lipscomb, Robert
[1862: March 27 June 16, 26 August 5 1863 March 7, 18 1864 March
7]
Longstreet, James "Pete" General CSA
[1864 May 13]
Longstreet's Division (led by CSA Gen. J. Longstreet)
[1862 August 28]
Loyalty Oath (to Union)
[1862: July 28 August 12, 13 1863: March 1 September 3 December
18]
Mail
[1862: February 20, 21 March 12, 16 April 6 May 8 June 10]
Manassas Junction see also Bull Run, battle(s)
[1861: July 16, 20, 22, 27 October 22 November 27 1862 March 23]
Martinsburg, Va.
[1861 June 7 July 5]
Maryland regiments
[1862 May 1]
Massachusetts Volunteers, 39th
[1863 July 22, 23]
McCarthy family (of Middleburg Va.)
[1861 July 22]
McClellan, George Brinton Union General
[1862: July 7, 12 November 7]
McGuire family
[1861: November 27 December 21 1862 January 22]
Medical personnel
[1861: December 11, 21 1862: January 22 March 27 May 10 June 10
September 5, 13 1863: March 1 June 17 July 22 November 29]
Merrimac (iron-clad ship)
[1862: April 12 May 1 June 2]
Military life; religious services; chaplains
[1862 July 21]
Militia
[1861 July 16 1862 January 27]
Morale, Union
[1862 March 24]
Mosby, John Singleton CSA guerrilla leader
[1863: March 16, 18 April 3 1864 August 25]
Mosby, J.S.
[1865: March 24 May 2]
Mount Zion (Va.?)
[1863: March 16 April 9]
Mountsville, Va.
[1862 October 31]
Mutiny, troop, Union
[1861 July 16]
Nashville, Tenn.
[1862: February 23 July 18]
Naval operations
[1861 June 7 1862: April 12 May 1 June 2 July 12]
New Jersey
[1863 January 30]
New Orleans, La.
[1862: March 24 April 30 May 1, 8]
New York Herald
[1862 April 12, 18]
New York
[1863 August 18]
Newspapers
[1861 June 7 1862: March 12, 13 April 8, 12, 18, 24, 30 May 1 July 3
August 13 1863 January 1]
Newton, John Union General
[1863 July 23]
Noland family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861 July 23 1862: May 19 September 25]
Noland, Burr
[1862 June 10]
Noland, William
[1862 April 29 1863 April 9]
Norfolk, Va.
[1862 March 9, 24 1863 June 24]
Occupation, Union
[1861 July 5 1862: March 15, 16, 24, 26, 27, 29 April 8, 13, 14, 24,
29 May 1, 5, 8, 10, 29 July 10 August 17 September 22 November 5, 6, 1863:
January 28 February 11 March 16, 18 April 3, 9, 23, 29 June 21, 22, 26 July 22,
23 August 18 September 3 November 7 December 18 1864: February 21 April 29 May
1 August 30 September 19, 27 October 31 November 29 December 1, 2, 27 1865:
February 21 March 24]
Orange Court House, Va.
[1862 July 21]
Parade, military (dress review) CSA
[1861 June 3]
Passport, to cross lines
[1861 November 23 1862: March 23 July 12 November 9, 18 1863 March
1]
Patterson Colonel CSA
[1861 July 5]
Patterson, Robert Union General
[1861 July 19]
Pay, Union
[1863 February 1]
Philadelphia, Penn.
[1862 May 5 1863 July 23]
Pickens Colonel CSA
[1865 May 2]
Pickets
[1861 December 8 1862: March 13 November 1, 3, 18, 30 1863: January
30 February 21 June 17, 21, 23, 24, 25 1864: October 31 December 25]
Pierson, Charles L. Lt. Colonel Union
[1863 July 22, 23]
Poor people
[1864 November 27]
Pope, John Union General
[1862 July 28]
Powell, Doctor and family
[1861 December 21 1862: March 27 May 10]
Prisoners, Confederate
[1862: March 3 April 7, 29 May 8, 11 October 14 1863: January 28
March 4, 18 April 3 October 17 1864: March 7 April 29 August 30 September 27
November 16 December 28 1865 May 2]
Prisoners, Confederate; Parole
[1862: September 20, 24 October 29 November 7 1864: August 30 October
31 November 7 December 31 1865 May 2]
Prisoners, Union
[1861: July 5, 22, 23 October 22, 23 December 8 1862: January 15
April 8 1863: March 16 July 22]
Prisoners, death of
[1861: October 22 December 8]
Railroads
[1862: March 8 June 16 1863: January 1 May 7]
Rappahannock River (Va.)
[1863: May 7 October 21]
Recruiting--Conscription--draft riots
[1863 August 18]
Recruiting--conscription
[1863: July 22 August 18]
Rector Town, Va.
[1862: April 16 May 4 June 2]
Refugees (Confederate civilians)
[1861: June 3 December 11, 12 1862: March 8 May 2 August 12]
Republicans
[1863 January 25]
Richmond, Va.
[1862: March 24 June 2, 10 July 3, 10, 12, 28 1863: July 22, 23 1864:
March 7 May 13 June 15 December 31 1865 May 2]
Robertson, J.B. General CSA
[1863 June 24]
Rodgers, W.
[1863 June 17]
Rogers Colonel Union
[1862 November 18]
Rogers, General CSA
[1862: March 16 April 6 June 16 1864 March 7]
Roszle, S.S. (Rev.)
[1861: June 3 July 19, 20 1862: April 2, 28, 29 1863 August 18]
Rumor
[1861: July 9, 16 October 23 November 27 December 21 1862 April 7
1863 May 24]
Rust, George
[1862 April 24]
St. Nicholas (steamship)
[1861 June 7]
Scott, Winfield Union General
[1861 July 22]
Seward, William Henry Union Sec. of State 1865 May 2
[1865 May 2]
Sherman, William Tecumseh Union General
[1864 December 31]
Shields, James Union General
[ 1862 March 23]
Shiloh, battle
[1862: April 12, 18 May 19]
Sickness
[1861 July 4 1862 June 10]
Consumption
[1862 June 24]
Measles
[ 1861 May 2]
Rheumatism (Rheumatic fever?)
[1862 February 28]
Scarlet Fever
[1861 June 2]
Typhoid
[1862: January 15 July 18, 28]
Skinner family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861 November 16 1864 October 31]
Skirmishing
[1862: March 23 October 31 1863: March 4 June 18 1865 March 24]
Slavery--plantation management
[1863 April 3, 20 1864 April 29]
Slaves
[1861 December 12, 25 1862: March 12, 23, 27 April 7, 8, 14, 24, 29,
30 May 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 24 July 10, 12 August 28 September 20 November 5
December 25 1863: January 1, 25, 30 February 1 March 16 April 9, 29 June 21,
22, 24 October 17 November 22 December 18 1864: January 1 April 29 May 1 August
30 1864: September 19 December 31 1865 March 24]
Smith, A.G., "Sandy"
[1862: April 13 May 5]
Smith, Charles
[1863 February 11]
Smith, Lloyd
[1864 March 7]
Snigersville, Va.
[1862: March 13, 24 November 5 1865 May 24]
Soldier's Aid Society
[1861 July 4, 20]
Southern nationalism
[ 1862: April 8 June 16 November 18 1863 July 23]
Spying
[1862: May 5 November 18]
Stahel, Julius Union General
[1862 December 1 1863 April 23]
Stanton, Edwin McMasters Union Sec. of War
[1862 July 12]
Stevens, Joseph
[1861 June 3 1862 February 28]
Steward, George
[1862 May 24]
Stewart, Alexander Peter
[1862: May 5 October 31 1863: January 1 June 17]
Stiles, S.
[1862 April 8]
Supplies; Commissary Dept.
[1862 September 8]
Supplies; supply wagons
[1861: June 7 July 4, 9, 20 1862: January 26, 27 March 5 April 6, 15,
16 November 6 1863: April 23 June 17 1865 March 24]
Taylor, Lawrence
[1863 November 22]
Tebbs, T.C. Reverend
[1862 September 13]
Thanksgiving Day
[1864 November 16]
Tobacco
[1862 May 11]
Tremlitt, Henry M. CSA Major
[1863 July 23]
Tudor Reverend and family
[1862: January 26 May 19]
Underground Railroad for CSA (see also Spying)
[1862: April 6 May 8]
Upperville, Va.
[1862: March 15, 16, 23 April 29 May 10 September 24 October 14
November 3 1863 February 11 1865 May 24]
Vicksburg, Battle
[1863: May 24 July 23]
Virginia Regiment, 8th
[1861 October 23 1862: March 16 April 7, 18, 29 July 21 1863: July 10
October 21]
Virginia Regiment, 10th
[1864 January 15]
War games; practice maneuvers
[1861 August 26]
Warrenton, Va.
[1862: March 30 April 8 July 28 August 24 1863: February 1 March
16]
Washington, D. C.
[1861 July 19 1862: May 1, 5, 19 November 18 1863: January 1, 30 July
22 1864: August 30 September 27 December 31]
Waugh family (of Middleburg, Va.)
[1861: July 5 December 25 1862 March 19]
West Virginia Revolt (see all of 177a)
[1862 January 15]
White Colonel CSA
[1862: March 24, 26 April 10, 16 1863 February 21]
Williams Doctor and family
[1861 December 11 1862 September 13]
Williamsburg, Battle
[1862 May 19]
Winchester, Va.
[1861 July 5, 9, 19 1862: February 25, 27, 28 March 2, 9, 13, 23, 24
April 6, 7 June 29 September 13 1864 September 19 1865 May 2]
Yankeedom
[1862 June 16]
Yorktown, Va.
[1862: April 18 May 8]
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk General CSA 6
[1862 January 2]
Index: Letters, 1861 (Folder 1)
The index contains the names of all identifiable persons and places. It
also lists major subject categories. Listings are by year/month/day.
Appended to Catherine Hopkins Broun's
Family Events are eleven letters, most of
which were written in 1861 by Thomas L. Broun to his sister Ann Eliza Broun.
Thomas Broun was, at that time, attempting to help recruit and organize the
southern forces in Western Virginia. The letters shed some light on the
difficulties involved in the attempt to keep West Virginia from seceding to the
North.
Albemarle County, Va.
[1861 May 15 1861 September 9]
Big Sewell Mountains (W. Va.)
[1861 September 16]
Black Republicans (see also Southern nationalism)
[1861 April 24]
Bloomfield, Va.
[1861 June]
Boone County, Va.
[1861: June July 10 September 9]
Brown, John (Raid of 1859)
[1861 April 24]
Cavalry operations
[1861 August 26]
Chapman, General (not listed in Boatner,
Civil War Dictionary)
[1861 September 9]
Charleston Courier
[ 1861 September 9]
Charleston, Va.
[1861: May 15 July 10]
Charlottesville, Va.
[1861 October 2]
Fauquier, Va.
[1861 August 26]
Fayette County, Va.
[1861: August 26 September 9, 16]
Floyd's Brigade (led by J.B. Floyd, CSA)
[1861 September 9, 16]
Hawk's Nest, Va.
[1861: August 26 September 9, 16]
Lee, Robert E. General CSA
[1861 October 2]
Logan County, Va.
[1861: July 10 September 9]
Loring, William Wing General CSA
[1861 October 2]
Loudoun County, Va.
[1861 September 9]
Military life; drill and training (Confederate)
[1861: April 24 May 2, 15 June July 10]
Military maneuvers; pickets
[1861 October 2]
Music
[1861 May 2]
Naval operations
[1861 May 15]
New River, (Va.)
[1861 September 9]
Newspapers (see also under title)
[1861 September 9]
Recruiting; enlistment
[1861: June July 10]
Richmond, Va.
[1861: May 15 August 26]
Sicknesses
[1861: August 26 October 2]
Measles
[1861 August 26]
Slavery (This includes references to slaves who "ran off," i.e.
self-emancipated slaves. See also Occupation, Union.)
[1861 October 2]
Spalding Colonel CSA
[1861 October 2]
White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)
[1861 August 26]
Wise, Henry Alexander General CSA
[1861: June July 10 September 9, 16 October 2]
Non-Indexed Description of Collection
Series I: Diary,
Family Events,
1854-1889
1
Bound volume
Series II: Chronological Listing of Letters,
1861
1
1861 May 2 TLB to AEB
1
1861 May 15 TLB to AEB
1
1861 June TLB to AEB
1
1861 July 10 TLB to AEB
1
1861 August 26 TLB to AEB
1
1861 September 9 TLB to AEB
1
1861 September 16 TLB to AEB
1
1861 October 2 TLB to AEB
1
1777 March George Washington to Angus W.
McDonald
1
1865 August 2 TLB to Edwin Conway Broun
Series III: Family Trees, 1606-1964
2
Thruston Family Tree notebook, 1606-1963
3
Broun Family Tree notebook, 1740-1964