The Captain Remembers
Subtitle: The papers of Captain Richard Irby
By: Edited by Virginia Fitzgerald Jordan.
Contributors: Virginia Fitzgerald Jordan
Publisher: Nottoway County Historical Association
Published: 1975
Place of publication: [Blackstone, Va.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Irby, Richard.; Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 18th.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
First sentence: The first Irby recorded in Virginia was Walter Irby, "gentleman, of Trumington, County Cambridge, England."
Description: Compilation of the letters and essays of Captain Richard Irby, Of The Nottoway Grays, Company G, Eighteenth Regiment, of The Army of Northern Virginia. He describes his life in Nottoway County and his role in the Development of Randolph-Macon Men's College( now known as Randolph Macon College). He also records his years in service of The Army of Northern Virginia, where he was wounded at the 1st battle of Manassas.