Box 284
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Unprocessed
File — Box: 284
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Three photographs of U. of A. students between 1884-1887 and an article by McCall about Alabamians who went to California during the 1849 "Gold Rush."
Dates:
1849-1887
Letters, 1865
Series — Box: 284
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters from this soldier in the 57th Indiana Volunteers, stationed near Huntsville, Alabama, to his wife and daughter in Richmond, Indiana, January 1 to March 29, 1865. They describe winter quarters and the city of Huntsville after it had been partially burned.
Dates:
1865
Paper
Item — Box: 284
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant," delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.
Dates:
1959 April 17
Letters
Item — Box: 284
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains photocopies of sixteen letters written during the first year of the Civil War, and includes letters from William J. Hardee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert A. Toombs, among several others. Many of the letters have been transcribed and are attached.
Dates:
1861
Paper
File — Box: 284
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Typescript copy of a paper titled, "The Water Ways of Alabama."
Dates:
unknown