William Jesse Robinett Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1624
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy containing the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward. These include accounts of hiding mules to avoid their seizure, a "Yankee trick" for stealing honey, and saving the house from being burned by using a Masonic distress sign.
Dates
- 1957
Extent
0.025 Linear Feet (1 item, 5 pieces)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy containing the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward.
Provenance
Gift of James F. Jackson, 2003
Processed by
unknown
- Title
- Guide to the William Jesse Robinett Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- R. Rumstay
- Date
- March 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository