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Box Short Collection 1

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Letter, Regimental Camp, Dear Father and Mother (He has not been well for some time; he has an ax instead of a gun; he has seen several men killed; Will is all right), June 7, 1864

 File — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirty-three letters written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862, and July 1, 1864. The collection also contains photocopies of National Archives records relating to the Bigbie family, including Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, and a death report). Typescripts of the letters are available (folders 34-36). The library also has duplicated the collection on one reel of positive microfilm (microfilm Z 1010 .I53 no. 147).

Dates: June 7, 1864

Letter, Dear Sister (The regiment is in line of battle behind breastworks; Will is sick in hospital; a friend was killed while skirmishing), July 1, 1864

 File — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirty-three letters written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862, and July 1, 1864. The collection also contains photocopies of National Archives records relating to the Bigbie family, including Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, and a death report). Typescripts of the letters are available (folders 34-36). The library also has duplicated the collection on one reel of positive microfilm (microfilm Z 1010 .I53 no. 147).

Dates: July 1, 1864

Letter, Harrison, Tenn., Dear Wife (He received some clothes from home; food is short; he needs gloves and shirts with pockets), July 15, 1863

 File — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirty-three letters written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862, and July 1, 1864. The collection also contains photocopies of National Archives records relating to the Bigbie family, including Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, and a death report). Typescripts of the letters are available (folders 34-36). The library also has duplicated the collection on one reel of positive microfilm (microfilm Z 1010 .I53 no. 147).

Dates: July 15, 1863

Letter, Marietta, Ga., Dear Wife (He was wounded in the ankle, but is able to get about; names several friends killed or wounded; Will is sick and may be furloughed home; Yankees have suffered many losses but keep coming; there is much sickness due to rain and bad weather; he thinks Sherman will keep pushing them back, and may end the war soon), July 1, 1864

 File — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirty-three letters written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862, and July 1, 1864. The collection also contains photocopies of National Archives records relating to the Bigbie family, including Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, and a death report). Typescripts of the letters are available (folders 34-36). The library also has duplicated the collection on one reel of positive microfilm (microfilm Z 1010 .I53 no. 147).

Dates: July 1, 1864

Typescripts of letters, photocopies of National Archives Records relating to Bigbie (Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, Death Report) (3 copies)

 File — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 34-36
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirty-three letters written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862, and July 1, 1864. The collection also contains photocopies of National Archives records relating to the Bigbie family, including Muster rolls, Prisoner of War Rolls, and a death report). Typescripts of the letters are available (folders 34-36). The library also has duplicated the collection on one reel of positive microfilm (microfilm Z 1010 .I53 no. 147).

Dates: 1863 - 1864

H.B. Bozeman Collection

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 1, Folder: 1-9
Identifier: 0012
Scope and Contents This small collection donated by Mr. Bozeman consists primarily of materials associated with H. B. Bozeman's efforts to obtain a historical marker for General Thomas S. Woodward in Winn Parish, Louisiana. Mr. Bozeman for many years wrote a column "Winn Parrish As I Have Known It" in the newspaper Winn Parish Enterprise and Winnfield News-American. In the column, he detailed his efforts to seek recognition of Gen. Woodward, who...
Dates: 1964 - 1967

Sallie Mizell Anderson Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 1
Identifier: 0006
Scope and Contents

Copies (1905) of Revolutionary War pension records of Sallie Mizell Anderson's ancestors, John Atkins and William Mizell; Mrs. Anderson's membership application to the Daughters of the American Revolution; letters (1907) from Minnie F. Mickley, a genealogist; letter (1898) from Mrs. Anderson's brother, Hamilton Mizell; and an essay written by Mrs. Anderson on the life of Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens

Dates: 1898 - 1907

Antioch Baptist Church Records

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 1
Identifier: 0007
Scope and Contents

Typescript of record book (1832-1855) of Antioch Baptist Church conference meetings, discussing church business such as membership, preachers, and association membership.

Dates: 1832 - 1855

Boswell Family Letters

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 1
Identifier: 0011
Scope and Contents

Letters (1844-1874) to Elizabeth Boswell Horne and Susan Boswell, from relatives and friends in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Included are Civil War-era descriptions of dyeing cloth and weaving dimity, and letters (1871-1874) from a nephew, W. Emory Horne, attending East Alabama Male College, now Auburn University, who later emigrated to Texas.

Dates: 1844 - 1874