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Confederate States of America -- History, Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Cameron Letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 0788-86-65-001]
Identifier: 0788
Scope and Contents

One letter from Cameron to his daughter dated September 13, 1862.

Dates: 1862-09-13

William T. Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1226
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Civil war letters pertaining to William T. Cooper who served in the Confederate army in the 12th Alabama Infantry.

The letters describe his thoughts at the beginning of the war with letters home, and towards the end his demoralization with the war thinking that Confederate President Jefferson Davis could end it if he wanted to.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

John Crittenden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0765
Scope and Contents Letters (1855-64) from Crittenden to his family, including his parents, his brother, William D. Crittenden, and his wife, Bettie Browning Crittenden; letters (1862-68) of William D. Crittenden, William H. Browning and John K. Browning to family; letters ...
Dates: 1847 - 1909

James H. Lane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0501
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, military documents, certificates, financial documents, rosters, and miscellaneous items from Lane's military and civilian activities, memoirs as well as the lives of various family members. The collection also includes drawings from Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama civil engineering students from the 1870s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1858 - 1951; 1854 - 1983

Pearson-Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1135
Scope and Contents The core of this collection is a set of forty-six letters written by various members of the Pearson and Johnson families to each other during the Civil War years and the years immediately before and after the war. Included are love letters between Jefferson Lafayette Pearson and Mary Abigail Johnson, letters from the soldiers in the family to their brothers and sisters and in-laws, and letters between the women in the two families on the home front during the war. Topics covered include...
Dates: 1848 - 1985

United Daughters of the Confederacy Records

 Collection
Identifier: 0047
Scope and Contents

Records include yearbooks (1911-2019); minutes (1896-2006); membership applications (1900-2006); scrapbooks (1903-2020) of chapter activities and Civil War-related features; state convention programs (1897-1983); Alabama Division yearbooks (1924-2017); pamphlets (1914-1985); financial records; newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; and miscellaneous General Division materials. The 2019-2020 scrapbook includes a few pages related to COVID-19, coronavirus, and includes a mask.

Dates: 1896 - 2020