William R. Dougherty Civil War Papers
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Scope and Contents
Forty manuscript letters exchanged between Kentucky Infantry Orphan Brigade Confederate soldier William R. Dougherty and his future wife Eliza Anderson. Eliza resided at her home in Mississippi during the Civil War until their marriage in late December 1866. In addition to the letters between the couple, the collection includes another roughly sixty pages of correspondence between them and their relatives, from the late 1860s to the early 1920s. All of the materials were stored in a metal army box stenciled with the name Clarence Dougherty (1876-1970), one of their several children.
Dates
- Creation: 1862 - 1923
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Biographical / Historical
William Dougherty (1841-1923) was a member of the 4th Kentucky Infantry. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was part of the Orphan Brigade, belonging to the First Kentucky Brigade in the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Orphan Brigade was the largest of the Confederate Kentucky brigades, comprised of the 2nd-6th and 9th Infantry Regiments. The correspondence is between William and his future wife Eliza Anderson (1845-1920), of Elm Grove, Mississippi. Both William Dougherty and his wife came from Glasgow, Kentucky, although Eliza's family moved away to northern Mississippi, particularly the Coldwater area of DeSoto County, and during the Civil War, Eliza went to school in Senatobia. Eliza sometimes wrote to Dougherty as "Cousin Willie," suggesting that their families were interrelated. On December 22, 1866, Dougherty and Eliza got married and he eventually moved to Coldwater, Mississippi. They had several children and engaged first in farming and then in running a general store.
Extent
.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The University of Alabama Libraries acquired the William R. Dougherty Papers from McBride Rare Books, July 2023.
Processing Information
Processed by Donovan Balderama, September 2024.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the William R. Dougherty Papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Donovan Balderama, September 2024.
- Date
- September 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository