Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 16 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 16 spans the dates of 1866.
Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Alabama
Letter to Howell Hobbs from his cousin, Susan V. Batte, and her husband. Susan Batte mentions a cousin, Dick Batte, and his fear of being drafted into the army, and she asks if Hobbs has heard from his negroes yet. Mr. Batte writes of his recent...
Civil war; United States; Huntsville (Ala.); Fort Hatteras (N.C.); Fort Clark (N.C.); Fort Pickens (Fla.); Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4th; Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Walker,...
Letter from Hallie Cruse in Huntsville, Alabama, to her sister, Maria Walker, regarding the troubles of family and friends. She mentions a Confederate camp in Huntsville and refers to the 4th Alabama Regiment's involvement in the battle at...
Civil war; United States; Columbus (Miss.); Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 48th. Company C; Confederate States of America; Young women; Sewing; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910
Letter, Clotille Morrow, a teenaged girl in Columbus, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, telling him that Columbus is ''exceedingly dull,'' with no parties, weddings, or beaux. Captain Baskerville has raised a cavalry battalion with five...
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 43rd; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864; Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Adams, John, 1825-1864; Harrison, Richard, 1821-1876; Myers,...
Letter from Thomas C. Billups in Columbus, Mississippi, to E. H. Myers, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, requesting $100 worth of issues to be sent for three months to soldiers in the 43rd Mississippi Regiment, care of chaplain John...
Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866; Wier family; Child rearing; Civil war; United States; Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920; Columbus (Miss.); Hospitals; Nursing; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Perryman, Bryant M.; Brunson, Allan A.; Marsh, Edward
Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She...
Wier, Mary Elizabeth, 1822-1909; Wier family; Civil war; United States; Lauderdale County (Miss.); Childbirth; Children; Parker family; Wier, Robert Stuart, 1829-1864; Confederate States of America.Army. Mississippi Infantry, 14th. Company B...
Letter, Elizabeth Wier from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to her daughter Mary Elizabeth Wier. She mentions the recent birth of a Parker grandchild, the health and excitement of her daughter Sue Parker, and the activities of other family...
Lipscomb, Jane, 1810-1865; Wier, Elizabeth, 1798-1864; Enterprise (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Chatfield, William M.; Chatfield, George Washington, 1810-1881; Clergy; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 20th....
Letter, Jane Hardwick Lipscomb, probably from Jasper County, Mississippi, to her sister-in-law Elizabeth Lipscomb Wier at Enterprise, Mississippi, telling of the state of the anxiety of her daughter Laura and sympathizing with the recent troubles...
Copiah County (Miss.); Elections; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company D; Taxation; Debt relief; Law; Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880; Confederate States of America
To the voters of Simpson and Copiah Counties,' a broadside written by Benjamin King, candidate for the Mississippi Senate. He opposed taxation, in particular county volunteer relief taxes, was in sympathy with the aims of the stay law, and...
Nash, Ira Marion, 1843-1862; Nash, John Jasper Newton, 1829-1911; Nash, James H., 1844-1890; Nash, Wiley Norris, 1846-1906; Nash, Stephen Evans, 1807-1863; Nash, Ira Norris, 1805-1863; Nash family; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of...
Letter, E. J. (Elvira Jane) Nash, probably from the home of her uncle Ira Norris Nash in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to cousin Carrie concerning her desire for news of her brother Jimmy serving in Wirt Adams Cavalry Regiment, news of the Battle of...
Flags--Confederate States of America.; Mississippi. Army National Guard. 155th Infantry--History.; United States National Guard--Photographs.; World War--Regimental histories--United States.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Military memorabilia of the 155th Regiment, United States National Guard (Mississippi National Guard), including company insignia and photographs of Lt. Col. Ernest L. Smith, 3rd Battalion, Lt. Col. Robert L. Gray, 2nd Battalion, Lt. Col. Charles...
John C. Stennis Herbert B. Powell Ft. Benning Georgia Lawson Army Air Field US Army Inantry School Rep. Katherine St. George NY's Cong. Dist. Powell Stennis
Senator John C. Stennis at Fort Benning, Georgia being welcomed by Major Gen. Herbert B. Powell, US Army Infantry School commandment, and Rep. Katherine St. George, center of NY's 28th Cong. Dist. is greeted by Mrs. Powell upon their arrival at Ft....
