Civil war; United States; Sharon (Miss.); Madison County (Miss.); Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 18th; Magruder, Henry Archibald, 1842-1896
Letter from Martha Magruder (later Martha Magruder Hopkins) to her brother, Henry Archibald Magruder, inquiring about his health and the health of his regiment (the 18th Mississippi Infantry) and reporting news about family and friends, 1862....
Civil war; United States; Teachers; Education; Union City (Tenn.); La Grange (Tenn.); Oxford (Miss.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Letter to ''Lit'' (Matilda Ann Boyd Webb) from her cousin, Mattie A. Boyd, and Sophie Boyd Hays. Mattie is visiting Sophie, her school term in Oxford having just ended. Mattie writes that most of the young men are gone from town, and that...