Hughes Books
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Braxton Bragg Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4174
Overview
Letter written by Bragg from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to his wife.
Dates:
1853 June 3
Different Bands of Comanches and Their Probable Location and Population: Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4147
Overview
Manuscript by Lieutenant J. S. Stewart (CSA), describing the various bands of Comanches, indicating the tribe numbers and probable locations in Arkansas and Texas.
Dates:
circa 1861
Flight of Doodle! broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3710
Overview
Small broadside of the 14-verse poem, Flight of Doodle! about the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), with each Confederate state's performance in the battle making up a stanza.
Dates:
1862
J. J. Magee diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3764
Overview
Civil War diary of Captain J. J. Magee of Company D, Eighth Alabama Infantry.
Dates:
1861
J. H. Schraebel Bill of Sale
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4020
Overview
Bill of sale for four slaves, Spotswood, Eacly, and two children, William and Thomas.
Dates:
1841 January 30
Benjamin Titus Civil War Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4131
Overview
Diary of Benjamin Titus, a member of the 8th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Independent Scouts. Titus died on June 7, 1864, at Richmond, Virginia, at age 31. The diary (dated 1866) was probably copied after Titus' death by an unidentified person (probably his brother) from a written account Titus kept and describes the life of an infantry soldier - miles and miles of forced marches, rain and snow and impassible roads, and days of inaction interrupted by intense periods of pitched battles,...
Dates:
1861-1873