Box Short Collection 7
Contains 27 Results:
Sept. 4, 1863. Near Orange Courthouse, Va. Describes grand review of three Confederate divisions by General Lee. Also reports many soldiers are finding religion and being baptized.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Sept. 27, 1963. Near Chemanah Ford, Va. on the Rapidan River. Describes Rebel and Yankee soldiers sharing the same river to wash themselves only thirty yards apart.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Nov. 1, 1863. Near Kelly's Ford, Va.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Dec. 4, 1863. Near Moton's Ford, Va. Describes fighting of November 27 along the river.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
May 25, 1964. Near Taylorsville, Va. Short notice of fighting in the wilderness on 19 May.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
July 23, 1864. Near Strawsburg, Va. Tells how he escaped capture by the Yankees on the 20th of July by running two miles in the heat.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Oct. 27, 1864. Near New Market, Va.
Photocopied typescripts of fifteen letters from Jonathan Fuller Coghill, Company G, 23rd North Carolina, C.S.A., to his parents, sister, and brother.
Julius C. Greene Reminiscences
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.
Joseph S. Powell Papers
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.
Letter from William C. Alexander (Newton, Illinois) to E. S. Brown, September 18, 1886
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.
