Contains the edited papers of twenty members of the Barton and Jones families who witnessed and participated in the Civil War. All are related by birth or marriage to David Walker Barton (1801-1863), who married Frances Lucy Mary Ann Margaret Jones in 1828. They had ten children. They lived in Winchester, Virginia, which placed them in the middle of many Civil War actions. Composed mainly of the writings of brothers Robert Thomas Barton (1841-1817), Randolph Jones Barton (1844-1921) and their cousin, Francis Buckner Jones (1862-1940).

Copy 2 donated by John M. McCaffrey.

The valley at peace: the family -- The valley at war: April-July 1861. Harpers Ferry, first battle of Manassas -- August-December 1861: On the Potomac and back in the valley -- January-May 1862: Bath-Romney campaign ; First federal occupation of Winchester ;Battle of Kernstown ; McDowell campaign -- May-June 1862: First battle of Winchester ; Battle of Port Republic -- Summer 1862: Winchester reoccupied ; Battle of Gaines' Mill -- September-December 1862: Winchester returned to the Confederacy ; Fredericksburg campaign -- January-May 1863: Winter quarters ; Letters from occupied Winchester and the field ; Chancellorsville -- May-July 1863: More letters under occupation ; Second battle of Winchester ; Liberation and family reunited -- July-September 1863: Winchester between the lines -- October-December 1863: The family at Springdale ; Campaigning in the wilderness