Box Short Collection 7

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence (1900-1932) between members of the Templeton family of Camp Hill, Alabama. Includes letters to and from Fred A. Templeton, who was stationed at Camp Gordon near Atlanta, Georgia from December of 1917 to January of 1918; correspondence with the War and Treasury Departments regarding Templeton's death from the measles and insurance benefits to the family; and legal papers and correspondence regarding the Templetons' farm from 1882 to 1930.1....

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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.

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Contains sixty-three pages of reminiscences of Julius C. Greene (photocopy of typescript), including a history of Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama, and focusing on local folklore, superstitions, and southern humor. Greene includes a brief history and muster roll of the 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment compiled in 1904.

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Contains a letter, dated November 27, 1866, from Mr. C. Raiford to W. H. Larmar notifying him of his election to the Board of Trustees of the East Alabama Male College; Dr. Lamar's receipt for payment of tuition for his son and daughter and a relative, Robert Barnett, dated September, 1866, signed by, President J. F. Dowdell; and W. H. Lamar's Oath of Allegiance, dated August 26, 1865.

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Consists of photocopies of documents and ephemera belonging to J. S. Powell of Russell County Alabama. Includes tax receipts, impressment receipts, orders from the Confederate government, and miscellaneous bills, purchase receipts and correspondence.

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Contains two photocopied letters written by William C. Alexander -- from Newton, Illinois -- to a friend, E.S. Brown, in Kentucky. The letters are dated September 18, 1865 and October 9, 1865. Also included is one photocopied letter from Mammie Plummer to Miss Mary Rutland dated December 8, 1882.

The letters discuss daily activities and mention family and friends in Kentucky and Illinois.

Scope and Contents "Historical Sketches of the Forty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S.A." by Captain J.Q. Burton from Confederate Regimental Series vol. 2. Discusses the organization of the regiment, original officers,early duty, and actions at Cedar Run, Second Manassas, Maryland, Suffolk, Gettysburg, North Georgia, and East Tennessee. Includes good description of Chickamauga, return to the Virginia Campaign, reflections on despondency and hopelessness during the...

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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.

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

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...