(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Small archive of Virginia officer C

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Small archive of Virginia officer Charles B. Tebbs, including letters, commissions, and a muster roll. 5 manuscript items, various sizes; minor wear. Vp, 1859-61

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Charles B. Tebbs (d. 1867) was captain of the Loudoun Guards in the Virginia militia, which became part of the 17th Virginia Infantry at the start of the war. He later transferred to the 8th Virginia as Lieutenant Colonel, resigning from the service in April 1862. This archive includes: A letter from C.B. Tebbs, Jr. dated at Warrenton, 14 January 1861, urging: 'Please run for the Convention. Mr. Ball is too slow. The fact is, he is fighting for time. Wrong! If all South wld unite, we might get terms we cld accept. It is only chance. Delay & inaction is disunion forever.' A manuscript muster roll of the Loudoun Guards with C.B. Tebbs as captain, undated but shortly before the company's April 1861 incorporation into the 17th Virginia Infantry Letter to Captain Tebbs, authorizing the Loudoun Guards to elect a third lieutenant, 21 December 1860 Commission as militia captain signed by Governor Henry Wise, 16 November 1859 Commission as Lieutenant Colonel on the active volunteer forces, signed by Governor John Letcher, 28 June 1861.