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Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Boswell Family Letters

 Collection — Box Short Collection 1
Identifier: 0011
Scope and Contents

Letters (1844-1874) to Elizabeth Boswell Horne and Susan Boswell, from relatives and friends in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Included are Civil War-era descriptions of dyeing cloth and weaving dimity, and letters (1871-1874) from a nephew, W. Emory Horne, attending East Alabama Male College, now Auburn University, who later emigrated to Texas.

Dates: 1844 - 1874

Robert E. Corry Papers

 Collection — Box Short Collection 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0084
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of Robert Corry's family correspondence (1857-1865), including letters between Corry and his wife, Eliza Harris Corry (1863-1865) during his military service; copies of Robert Corry's obituary (1913), miscellaneous documents (1849-1865) concerning the estate of James Harris and Robert Corry's military service.

Dates: 1849 - 1865

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

Madison Kilpatrick Papers

 Collection — Box Short Collection 3
Identifier: 0031
Scope and Contents

Five letters written by Pvt. Madison Kilpatrick to his family who lived on a farm near Godfrey, Putnam Co., Georgia. Photocopies of manuscripts and typescripts provided by Georgia State Archives, February 1965.

Dates: August 1864 - October 1864