Ross (1840-1912), a graduate of VMI, was an officer In the 52nd Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. After the war he returned to Lexington to a life as a prosperous farmer and businessman. His papers (1856-1912) are primarily wartime correspondence with his wife, Agnes Reid Ross. His letters include references to his participation in the Cheat Mountain Campaign in 1861, to Jackson's Valley Campaign in 1862, to Gettysburg in 1863 and to the Siege of Richmond in 1864-1865. Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson are mentioned frequently in the letters. This collection is one of the best of our several that provide eyewitness accounts of the war. For an annotated edition of Ross' correspondence see Richard W. Oram, ed., "From Harper's Ferry to the Fall of Richmond: Letters of Col. John DeHart Ross, C.S.A., 1861-1865" in West Virginia History, 45 (1983-84), pp. 159-174.	The Letters of John De Hart Ross  Look through scrapbook images