The collection contains several letters of the Leroy A. CRENSHAW family and theirrelatives the SYDNORs and the MARTINs. Some letters contain genealogicalinformation. The collection also includes letters from Walter CRENSHAW of the R.L.I.Blues [Richmond Light Infantry Blues], written from Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville,FL, during the Spanish-American War. Also included is an article written by HenryClinton SYDNOR, "A Virginia Boy in the Sixties," published in The Religious Herald,Vol. 94, No. 41, 20 October 1921.
Handwritten letter from Walter Crenshaw to his mother dated 11 June 1898 from Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida.
Crenshaw served as a private in Company 4 of the 4th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. The company reached Camp Cuba Libre on 07 June 1898 and joined the Third Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army.
Crenshaw was discharged as a corporal on 22 November 1898.
Crenshaw's unit did not see service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Camp Cuba Libre was established in response to overcrowding at camps in Tampa, Florida.
This letter is part of Manuscript 1942, The Crenshaw Family Collection, Folder 1.
