Okolona (Miss.); Tupelo (Miss.); West Point (Miss.); Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; Roddey, Philip Dale, 1826-1897; Duff, William Lewis, 1841-1909; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 8th; Fort Pillow (Tenn.);...
Letter from Mattie Morrow in West Point, Mississippi, to Billie and Jimmie, asking about family and mutual friends and referring to the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, June, 1864. She mentions Generals Forrest and Roddey, Colonel William Duff of the...
Feemster family; Infants; Breastfeeding; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She begins by telling him about a social visit and her friends' babies, one of whom is ''not hurt with beauty.'' She tells him that Willie (possibly Alex's brother,...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Slavery; Civil war; United States; Boardinghouses; Religion; Hymns; Infant baptism; Slavery; African-Americans; Revivals; Freemasons; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, addressing the issue of her joining him in Selma. He suggests again that her father might loan her the money, and that he might prefer to use Confederate money. He also...
Civil war; United States; Women's clothing; Education; La Grange (Tenn.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Letter from Sophie Boyd Hays in La Grange, Tennessee, to ''Lit'' (Matilda A. Boyd Webb), mentioning the likely secession of Virginia and regretting that young men are leaving school to sign up for the army, 1861. She also discusses dressmaking and...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Mississippi authors Jack Reed, Sr., and Danny McKenzie shared reflections and portions of their book *A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed* in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 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 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
General livestock judging particpants: Paul Brown, assistant county agent; J. W. Pounders, Jr., Jack Nail, and Hester Crawford, Jr. This first place team in general livestock judging will go to the national contest at Chicago.
