Box Short Collection 7
Contains 27 Results:
Central Bank of Alabama Bank Notes
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.
Emanuel Stott Diary
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.
B.R.H. Jeffares Confederate Letter
April 16, 1862. Near Yorktown, Va. Mentions the Merrimack.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Jan. 25, 1863. Near Fredricksburg, Va.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
June 25, 1863. Near Chambersburg, Va.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
July 9, 1863. Near Williamsburg, Md. Gives a short description of Gettysburg and the death of a friend there.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
July 17, 1863. Near Rockville, Va. More description of the fighting at Gettysburg and the subsequent retreat and skirmishes involved.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
July 31 and Aug. 1, 1863. Near Madison Courthouse, Va.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Aug. 10, 1863. Near Orange Courthouse, Va. He is worried about rumors of North Carolina wanting to quit the war and rejoin the Union.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.