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Box Short Collection 7

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Contains 27 Results:

Central Bank of Alabama Bank Notes

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0139
Scope and Contents

Contains 29 bank notes issued by the Central Bank of Alabama between 1855 and 1861 in denominations of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 and 20. Also contains one facsimile of a $3 Republic of Texas note from 1840.

Dates: 1855-1861

Emanuel Stott Diary

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0122
Scope and Contents

Consists of the diary of Private Emanuel Stott of the 52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry from February 16th to June 3rd, 1864. Diary includes descriptions of military life as a new recruit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Diary also mentions the hanging of Sergeant John Myers of the 7th Illinois, the battles of Snake Creek Gap and Resaca, and various skirmishes about Atlanta during the spring of 1864.

Dates: 1864

B.R.H. Jeffares Confederate Letter

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0133
Scope and Contents Letter, dated 3 Dec. 1864, from Jeffares to his wife in Georgia. This is a photocopy.Transcription of letter: Fields Hospital Dec. The 3rd 1864 Mrs. B.R.H. Jeffares My Dear loving wife with the greatest of pleasure I seat myself this morning to pencil you a few lines. Those lines leave me in terrible health hoping those lines may find you & Wiley & the connection in the best of health Sade I have no news to write you but...
Dates: December 3rd, 1864

April 16, 1862. Near Yorktown, Va. Mentions the Merrimack.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

Jan. 25, 1863. Near Fredricksburg, Va.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

June 25, 1863. Near Chambersburg, Va.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

July 9, 1863. Near Williamsburg, Md. Gives a short description of Gettysburg and the death of a friend there.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

July 17, 1863. Near Rockville, Va. More description of the fighting at Gettysburg and the subsequent retreat and skirmishes involved.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

July 31 and Aug. 1, 1863. Near Madison Courthouse, Va.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864

Aug. 10, 1863. Near Orange Courthouse, Va. He is worried about rumors of North Carolina wanting to quit the war and rejoin the Union.

 Item — Box: Short Collection 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.

Dates: 1862-1864