Robert E. Corry Papers
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of Robert Corry's family correspondence (1857-1865), including letters between Corry and his wife, Eliza Harris Corry (1863-1865) during his military service; copies of Robert Corry's obituary (1913), miscellaneous documents (1849-1865) concerning the estate of James Harris and Robert Corry's military service.
Dates
- 1849 - 1865
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Emmett Corry was a Georgia native working for Alabama railroads as a civil engineer, enlisted in the 11th Alabama Cavalry in September, 1862. He served as a quatermaster sergeant in the regiment, assigned to Nathan Bedford Forrest's command, until the end of the war.
Extent
26 Items (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Civil War letters are located in the Auburn University Libraries' Digital Collections: Civil War Diaries and Letters.
Additionally, transcriptions of letters provided by the donors are available with the HTML finding aid: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/084.htm
Processing Information
Processed by GN, April 18, 1967.
Finding aid added to Archives Space by Cara Eiland, October 17, 2019.
- Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Alabama -- Social life and customs
- Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs
- Confederate States of America. Army (General subdivision: Field service.)
- Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
- Military life
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Title
- Guide to the Robert E. Corry Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 84
- Status
- Under Revision
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
