Outgoing correspondence, transcripts, 1862

File — Box: 19801409-001, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group: This record group contains the correspondence of University of Alabama president Landon C. Garland, who served from 1855-1865. The bulk of the material is outgoing correspondence from Garland during the Civil War years, 1861-1865. Many of the letters from Garland were sent to Alabama Governors Andrew B. Moore, John Gill Shorter, and Thomas H. Watts. Garland writes about the operations of the university, the constant need of equipment and supplies for the cadets, and the difficulty of keeping the cadets from leaving the university to join the Confederate Army.

There is one folder of incoming correspondence to Garland, some of it in French (with attached English translation), and one folder of third party correspondence. The third party correspondence contains letters from other University of Alabama officials, as well as three letters from 1863, from a man named S. M. Whetstone, of Autaugaville, Alabama, to Governor Shorter, requesting that his son be admitted to the university.

Dates

1852 - 1865

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